Proverbs 28:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Proverbs 28:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul;

1 Kings 1:23

The king was told, “Here is the prophet Nathan.” When he came in before the king, he did obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground.

Job 32:21

I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone.

Job 32:22

For I do not know how to flatter— or my Maker would soon put an end to me!

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 24:25

but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

Proverbs 29:5

Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood self-condemned,