Flattery/ deceiving words/ lying lips
Words that contain flattery or temptation. Sweetness of lips (flattery implies deceit).
(‘Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions’” (Isaiah 30:10), and likewise: ‘Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to ruin’ (Psalms 73:18)—the wicked in this world are enticed by smooth words, and in the end they will come to ruin and devastation” (Ibn Ezra on Psalms 73:18), and likewise: “It is forbidden for a person to conduct himself with smooth talk and deception, and not be one thing in the heart and another in the heart; rather, his inner self should match his outward expression, and what is in the heart should be what is spoken by the mouth” (Maimonides, Book of Knowledge, Laws of Character Traits 6:9), and likewise: “And he rejected the smooth words of the leaders of the Waqf, who claimed that his actions would bring Ishmael and Israel closer together” (Haim Be’er, Nitzotzot, p. 26).)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דִּבְרֵי חֲלָקוֹת, שְׂפַת חֲלָקוֹת
Definition (Hebrew)
דְּבָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם חֲנֻפָּה אוֹ פִּתּוּי. מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם (חֲלָקוֹת מַשְׁמָע חֲנֻפָּה).
("אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לָרֹאִים, לֹא תִרְאוּ ,וְלַחֹזִים -לֹא תֶחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחוֹת. דַּבְּרוּ לָנוּ חֲלָקוֹת חֲזוּ מַהֲתַלּוֹת"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ ל י, וְכֵן:"אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת" (תְּהִלִּים עג יח)- הָרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה כִּמְפֻתִּים בְּדִבְרֵי חֲלָקוֹת וּלְבַסּוֹף יִהְיוּ לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת כְּמוֹ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשׁוֹאָה"- אִבְּן עֶזְרָא תְּהִלִּים עג יח, וְכֵן:"אָסוּר לְאָדָם לְהַנְהִיג עַצְמוֹ בְּדִבְרֵי חֲלָקוֹת וּפִתּוּי, וְלֹא תִּהְיֶה אַחַת בַּלֵּב וְאַחַת בַּלֵּב, אֶלָּא תּוֹכוֹ כְּבָרוֹ, וְהָעִנְיָן שֶׁבַּלֵּב הוּא הַדָּבָר שֶׁבַּפֶּה"-הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת דֵּעוֹת, ו, 99, וְכֵן:"וְהוּא דָּחָה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הַחֲלָקוֹת שֶׁל רֹאשִׁי הֻאְקַף שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ יְקָרֵב אֶת יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְיִשְׂרָאֵל זֶה לָזֶה"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 26)