Job 32:22

English Standard Version 2016

For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Job 17:5

He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 4:17

‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Job 32:21

I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person.

Job 33:1

“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

Job 33:3

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.