Proverbs 28:23 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Common English Bible

²³ Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor than those with flattering tongues.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

English Standard Version 2016

²³ Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

Proverbs 28:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

1 Kings 1:23

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

Job 32:21

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, Neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; In so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me; It shall be a kindness: And let him reprove me; It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Proverbs 24:25

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his feet.

Matthew 18:15

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Galatians 2:11

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.