חָלַק

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.