²² For I don't know how to give flattering titles; Or else my Maker would soon take me away.

⁵ He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

² Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

³ May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.

¹⁰ For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

⁵ For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),