Job 32:22

American Standard Version (1901)

For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

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For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.