Flattery by Jacob

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Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
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Jacob and Doubting Souls --A Parallel
... See how quickly the patriarch changes from Jacob into Israel; when his spirit if
revived, he becomes Israel. 28. ... There is no flattery on his lips. ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/jacob and doubting soulsa parallel.htm

Chapter xxxiii
... The statement: "I beheld thy face as one sees the face of God," is not fulsome flattery
meant as if Jacob had been as glad to see Esau as one would be to see ...
/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxiii.htm

Psalm XIV.
... "With their tongues they have dealt craftily." Flattery is the ... is said, "There shall
come out of Sion He who shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:" [494] for ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xiv.htm

Fear Not
... We do not like it if it is labeled flattery; but we like it if it is ... what little
things we are, that we may claim this promise""Fear not, thou worm Jacob.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/fear not.htm

1 Thessalonians ii. 12-Sep
... For if the blessed Jacob was buffeted night and day in keeping his flocks, much ... and
the way in which he acted, that he did not preach with flattery or vainglory ...
/.../homily iii 1 thessalonians ii.htm

The Prayer of Jabez
... When Jacob was surnamed Israel, he received his princedom after a memorable night
of prayer. ... Men are sometimes blessed in a very fulsome sense by flattery. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the prayer of jabez.htm

A Faithful Friend
... it must not be labeled flattery; for we have a religious abhorrence of flattery
if it ... Jacob said when his sons went to Egypt, "Take the man a present, a little ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/a faithful friend.htm

A Faithful Friend
... must not be labeled flattery; for we have a religious abhorrence of flattery if
it ... Jacob said, when his sons went to Egypt, "Take the man a present, a little ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/a faithful friend.htm

Paul Before Felix
... Its dignified, courteous beginning contrasts well with the accuser's dishonest flattery. ...
the worship of the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, not the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/paul before felix.htm

Matt. xxii. 15
... with an answer to the question, they look to puff Him up by their flattery, and
to ... read, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxx matt xxii 15.htm

Subtopics

Flattery by Darius's Courtiers

Flattery by False Prophets

Flattery by Gideon

Flattery by Herod Agrippa Ii

Flattery by Israel and Judah

Flattery by Jacob

Flattery by Mephibosheth