"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
He that betrayeth friends for a prey -- even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.