Proverbs 28:23

American King James Version (1999)

He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you 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 to 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 on them.

Proverbs 29:5

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

Matthew 18:15

Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother.

Galatians 2:11

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