Job 32:22

Modern English Version

For I do not know how to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Cross References

Job 17:5

He who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 32:21

Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone, nor let me give flattering titles to man.

Job 33:1

“Therefore, Job, I pray, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words.

Job 33:3

My words will be from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge clearly.

Job 4:17

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his maker?

Proverbs 28:23

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

Proverbs 29:5

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

Galatians 1:10

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

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time did we come with flattering words, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed. God is our witness.