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2 Samuel 15:5

New Living Translation

When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.

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So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.

“How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.

His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers!

They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them. Their hearts are full of many evils.

You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet.