Here are 99 Bible verses about flattery, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 29:5 KJV
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
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Proverbs 26:24-28 KJV
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. …
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Proverbs 28:23 KJV
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
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Job 32:21-22 KJV
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
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Romans 16:18 KJV
18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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Psalm 5:9 KJV
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 KJV
1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed …
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Psalm 12:3 KJV
3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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Jude 1:16 KJV
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
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Proverbs 27:6 KJV
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Proverbs 26:28 KJV
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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Psalm 12:2 KJV
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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Proverbs 6:24 KJV
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Psalm 36:2 KJV
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
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Galatians 1:10 KJV
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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Job 17:5 KJV
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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Psalm 12:2-4 KJV
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
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Psalm 78:36 KJV
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
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1 Thessalonians 2:5 KJV
5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
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Luke 6:26 KJV
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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Ezekiel 33:31-32 KJV
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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Psalm 55:21 KJV
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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1 John 4:1 KJV
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Acts 12:22 KJV
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
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Daniel 11:34 KJV
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
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Daniel 11:21-22 KJV
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
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Proverbs 10:17 KJV
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 7:1-27 KJV
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, …
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Romans 16:17-19 KJV
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have …
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Daniel 11:32 KJV
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
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Daniel 6:7 KJV
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Psalm 12:6 KJV
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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Ecclesiastes 7:3-4 KJV
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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Proverbs 26:4-5 KJV
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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Proverbs 9:9 KJV
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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Proverbs 7:21 KJV
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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Proverbs 7:5 KJV
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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Psalm 109:8 KJV
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
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2 Samuel 15:2-6 KJV
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. …
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2 Samuel 14:17-20 KJV
17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee. 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Is not the …
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James 1:27 KJV
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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Romans 8:26 KJV
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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Ezekiel 12:24 KJV
24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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Proverbs 20:19 KJV
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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Psalm 62:1-12 KJV
1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: …
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Psalm 28:1-9 KJV
1 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. …
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Psalm 12:2-3 KJV
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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Psalm 5:8-9 KJV
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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Job 32:22 KJV
22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
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2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4-6 KJV
4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
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Acts 24:2-4 KJV
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
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Jeremiah 23:14-29 KJV
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the …
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Proverbs 27:21 KJV
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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Proverbs 24:24 KJV
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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Proverbs 16:25 KJV
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Revelation 22:3 KJV
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
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Revelation 17:12 KJV
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
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Revelation 12:9 KJV
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Jude 1:16-19 KJV
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. …
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2 Peter 2:3 KJV
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Hebrews 4:12 KJV
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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Acts 26:2-3 KJV
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
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John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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John 8:44 KJV
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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Luke 20:21 KJV
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
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Matthew 21:42 KJV
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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Proverbs 29:1-27 KJV
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the …
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Proverbs 25:26 KJV
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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Proverbs 25:7 KJV
7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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Proverbs 5:3 KJV
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Proverbs 4:5 KJV
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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Psalm 49:13 KJV
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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Psalm 36:1-12 KJV
1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not …
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1 Kings 22:13 KJV
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
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2 Samuel 19:41-43 KJV
41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift? …
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James 3:6 KJV
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Romans 14:1-23 KJV
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own …
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Acts 24:10 KJV
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
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Zechariah 14:2 KJV
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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Daniel 11:1-45 KJV
1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, …
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Daniel 10:21 KJV
21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
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Daniel 2:44 KJV
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Proverbs 19:6 KJV
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
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Proverbs 19:4 KJV
4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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Proverbs 18:21 KJV
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Proverbs 14:20 KJV
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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Proverbs 12:1 KJV
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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Proverbs 7:21-23 KJV
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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1 Kings 20:4 KJV
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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1 Kings 1:42 KJV
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
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2 Samuel 9:8 KJV
8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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Judges 8:1-3 KJV
1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and …
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Genesis 33:10 KJV
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
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Revelation 21:8 KJV
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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John 3:16 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: