Proverbs 28:23 “He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters…”

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

World English Bible

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

American Standard Version

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.

Darby Translation

He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

Bible in Basic English

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

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Cross references

“He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”

Matthew 18:15 Psalm 141:5 2 Samuel 12:7 1 Kings 1:23 1 Kings 1:32–40 Galatians 2:11

Matthew 18:15 · BSB

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Psalm 141:5 · BSB

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

2 Samuel 12:7 · BSB

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

1 Kings 1:23 · BSB

So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

1 Kings 1:32–40 · BSB

Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

Galatians 2:11 · BSB

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Also

Proverbs 29:5

Proverbs 29:5 · BSB

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

24He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

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