If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(A)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(B)

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He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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21 I will show no partiality,(A)
    nor will I flatter anyone;(B)

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21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

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22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
    my Maker(A) would soon take me away.(B)

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22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

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Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness(A)
    because of my enemies—
    make your way straight(B) before me.

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Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(B)

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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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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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May the Lord silence all flattering lips(A)
    and every boastful tongue—(B)

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The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.(A)

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For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

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13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(A)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.

13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

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