Proverbs 28:23

King James 2000

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says 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 flattery unto man.

Job 32:22

For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike 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 against their evil.

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 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 came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed.