THE FLATTERY TONGUE

Proverbs chapter 29













Today we are walking in: The Flattery Tongue













Jos 22:24




And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el? Yahusha (Joshua) 22:24
















Today we look to the word- SPEAK- H559 'amar--to say, speak, utter, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend







The Torah testifies.......................................









Gen 18:27




And Avraham answered and said: Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Adonai, which am but dust and ashes: Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 18:27




Gen 24:45




And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rivqah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray you. Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 24:45









Exo 4:14




And the anger of Yahuah was kindled against Mosheh, and he said, Is not Aharon the Leviyiy your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Shemoth (Exodus) 4:14











Exo 12:3




Speak ye unto all the assembly of Yashar'el, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: Shemoth (Exodus) 12:3




Lev 7:29




Speak unto the children of Yashar'el, saying: He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto Yahuah shall bring his oblation unto Yahuah of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 7:29









Lev 17:2




Speak unto El-Aharon, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Yashar'el, and say unto them; This is the thing which Yahuah has commanded, saying: Vayiqra (Leviticus) 17:2







Deu 27:14




And the Leviyiym shall speak and say unto all the men of Yashar'el with a loud voice, Devariym (Deuteronomy) 27:14












The prophets proclaim..................





2Sa 14:12




Then the woman said: Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my el-adoniy the king. And he said: Say on. Shemu'el Sheniy (2 Samuel) 14:12







Isa 30:10




Which say to the seers: See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 30:10







Jer 1:7




But Yahuah said unto me: Say not, I am a child, for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:7







Jer 5:14




Wherefore thus says Yahuah Elohai Tseva'oth: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 5:14







Jer 18:11




Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Yahudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying: Thus says Yahuah; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 18:11







Eze 3:10




Moreover he said unto me, son of A'dam, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart and hear with your ears. Yechezq'el (Ezekiel) 3:10





the writings bear witness.............



1Ki 12:7




And they spoke unto him, saying: If you will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 12:7







1Ki 22:14




And Miykayahu said, As Yahuah lives, what Yahuah says unto me, that will I speak. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 22:14







2Ki 6:12




And one of his servants said, None, my adoniy, O king: but Eliysha, the prophet that is in Yashar'el, tells the king of Yashar'el the words that you speak in your bedchamber. Melekiym Sheniy (2 Kings) 6:12







Psa 45:1




My heart is indicting a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Tehilliym (Psalms) 45:1




Psa 94:4




How long shall they utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Tehilliym (Psalms) 94:4












Grand Rising Fiveamprayer Family! Happy Day 3! The Most High Yah is divinely intervening for us! Remember Flattery is another form of lying! Many biblical counseling cases will require helping people turn away from lying. Dishonesty is a sin that very often grows in tandem with other sins. Anyone who has been counseling for any length of time knows this by experience. Scripture teaches the connection explicitly: the right-step and left-step of walking in darkness are unrighteousness and lying (1 John 1:5-10).




Because of this tight connection, when we help people Teshuvah of almost any sin pattern, helping them Teshuvah of dishonesty happens frequently as a natural by-product. Sometimes, however, people develop patterns of dishonesty that are so deep, wide-ranging, and destructive, that we need to give special attention to putting off lying in particular (Colossians 3:9; Ephesians 4:25). Thankfully, Scripture is sufficient to reprove and correct habitual liars and train them in righteous honesty.




Counseling liars will involve more than simply exhorting them to stop telling bold-faced lies to cover up sin. Dishonesty worms its way into so many other kinds of speech. And real repentance from lying can only happen when one recognizes—and turns from—more subtle, seemingly less harmless forms of lying too. One of those is flattery.




biblical instruction regarding flattery was an important part of Yahly growth and change. We need to put flattery on our radar of something to address, because sometimes we may think it’s innocent!




Flattery is Unholy!!




Scripture identifies flattery as an especially pernicious form of dishonesty and denounces it strongly. “Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips” (Psalm 12:2-3; see also Psalm 5:9 within its broader context of 5:4-10). Job’s righteous fear of The Most High made him afraid to flatter: “I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away” (Job 32:22). The Bible describes its devastating effects and sinister goals: flattery “works ruin” (Proverbs 26:28), designs harm for one’s neighbor (Proverbs 29:5), manipulates for selfish gain (1 Thessalonians 2:5-6), and takes advantage of the naïve (Romans 16:18). When we examine flattery biblically, we see how self-serving man-pleasing really is (cf. Galatians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:5-6; Romans 16:18).




Flattery is often a form of pride and self-trust. Scripture says that if we look behind flattering lips, we’re likely to find a boastful tongue. Flatterers arrogantly trust in their own ability to spin words and craft compliments to get out of trouble or get ahead: “…flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, ‘With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?’” (Psalm 12:3-4). Instead of doing things Yah’s way (speaking honestly) and thereby trusting in Yah to bring about ultimate good, the flatterer trusts in his own ability to control people and situations by means of his own ingenuity in dishonest ear-tickling.




The liar needs to be taught that flattery is a form of lying, which must be put off. Some may need to be jolted by the Scripture’s witness of Yah’s strong displeasure toward this sin. Liars need to understand how flattery opposes true humility, love of neighbor, and trust in Yah , and then strive to put on those flattery-killing virtues. Of course, no one should overcorrect and decide they’ll just start giving full vent to hateful words that tear down, which may be more sincere. No, whoever restrains his lips is prudent (Proverbs 10:19). Rather, they need to learn how to bless people with honest, encouraging words that build up and give grace to those who hear (Ephesians 4:25, 29). And they need to stop using flattery as a way to paper over sinful heart attitudes they may have developed toward others (Psalm 55:21). The Yahly ideal is for kind words to come out of the overflow of a truly kind heart.




The liar might also need to be warned that a habit of flattery could eventually characterize one’s relationship with Yah . If it doesn’t bother you to praise people with words that you don’t really believe or mean, might you not start doing the same with Yah? Some people “repented and sought Yah earnestly.” They remembered that Yah was their rock, the Most High Yah their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant” (Psalm 78:34-37).




Look in the MIRROR




YAH calls us a counselor that we should look in the mirror on this issue. As we think about how to counsel flatterers, we should also make sure we never become flattering counselors.










Hear Scripture’s encouragement: “Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue” (Proverbs 28:23). Remember Scripture’s warnings that flattery works ruin and spreads an ensnaring net. If we speak words of flattery to a counselee, could that encourage him to “flatter himself in his own eyes, so that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated” (Psalm 36:2)? Save the flattery for the false prophets (Isaiah 30:10)!




We’ve got better forerunners in ministry to follow. Like YAHUSHA(no one could accuse him of being a flatterer! Matthew 22:16) and His apostle, Paul, who told the Thessalonians, “Just as we have been approved by Yah to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please Yah who tests our hearts. For we never came with words of flattery, as you know…” Instead, “we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of Yah, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory” (1 Thessalonians 2:4-5, 12 We must keep ourselves from flattery LIPS! ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH YAH!!