“He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.”
Job 17:5 (KJV) |
Job 17:5
From Job 17, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.