Proverbs 28:23

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan told David, “You are this man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you as king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

1 Kings 1:23

The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here,” and when he entered the king’s presence, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

Job 32:21

Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone, nor let me give flattering titles to man.

Job 32:22

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

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let him rebuke me; it shall be an excellent oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs 24:25

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

Proverbs 29:5

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

Matthew 18:15

“Now if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Galatians 2:11

But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him face to face, because he stood condemned.