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Job 32:22

New King James Version

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

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

Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone; Nor let me flatter any man.

“But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.

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

He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness.