Flattery is Deceptive and Disarming

Flattery makes people walk on egg shells fearful to disappoint those they may normally disagree with. Perhaps if the one who flatters learns we have differences they won't like us anymore. Flattery is dangerously disarming and manipulative, it cannot be trusted.

Proverbs 26:24-28
"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."