"flattery and slander and obscene speech " these are three things- flattery is false praise- when a person knows that his friend is not acting properly yet he flatters him saying: you're one hundred percent, you're great, what you did there was ok- why? because if he tells him he's ok - he'll be his friend and give him etc. he knows it's not ok- but he praises him just so he can get a favor out of him in return.. what is slander? slanderous speech, when he relates negative things about others, 