Beware the Flatterer:"AJezebelic personis one of the most deceptive and crafty individuals you will ever meet. They operate in Domination, Manipulation and Control. Biblically this is called WITCHCRAFT. Once you confront and or expose aJezebelic personality, that individual will work to turn every...
Proverbs 29:5tnThere is some ambiguity concerning the referent of “his steps.” The net could be spread for the one flattered (cf. NRSV, “a net for the neighbor’s feet”; NLT, “their feet,” referring to others), or for the flatterer himself (cf. TEV “you set a trap for you...
The net could be spread for the one flattered (cf. NRSV, “a net for the neighbor’s feet”; NLT, “their feet,” referring to others), or for the flatterer himself (cf. TEV “you set a trap for yourself”). The latter idea would make the verse more powerful: In flattering ...
If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. Worth (uncountable) Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions. Worst That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree. The worst is notSo long as...
TheGlossa ordinaria,commentingonLc16.22, preservesarelated interpreta-tion, that of the dogs’tongues signifying the tongues of flatterers whoperverselypraise faults in usthat we reprehend in ourselves(PL114.316).Sivera (ed.)Sermo24 (1932), 1.269.Augustine reflects on the reasonfor...
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Friend One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a te...
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Friend One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a te...
One of two bad ways you must conceit me,Either a coward or a flatterer. Conceit To form an idea; to think. Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes. Conceit Feelings of excessive pride Conceit The trait of being vain and conceited Common Curiosities Wh...
We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.我们尊重传统,但不被传统所束缚。 272 disdain n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑 参考例句: Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。 A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。 273 ignobility 无能,无力; 无才能; 无能...