Proverbs 28:23

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, You are the man! So says Jehovah, the 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 he came in before the king, and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

Job 32:21

I will not now lift up the face of a man, nor eulogize any man,

Job 32:22

For I do not know how to eulogize; else after a little my Maker would take me away.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him correct me, it is oil on my head, let not my head refuse it; for still my prayer also shall be against their wickedness.

Proverbs 24:25

But to those who rebuke him, it shall be a delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 29:5

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

Matthew 18:15

But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

Galatians 2:11

But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed.