For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Shall mortal man be more just than Eloah? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
For do I now persuade men, or Elohim? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of the Messiah.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; Yahweh is witness: