Proverbs 28:23 - Easy To Read Version

²³ If you help someone by telling him he is doing wrong, then later he will be happy with you. That is much better than always saying only nice things to people.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that {rich} man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose [65] you to be the king of Israel. I saved you from Saul.

1 Kings 1:23

The servants told the king, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan went in to speak to the king. Nathan bowed down before the king

Job 32:21

I must treat Job the same\par as I would treat any other person.\par I will not try to say nice things to him.\par \{I will say what I must say.\}\par

Job 32:22

I can’t treat one person\par better another person!\par If I did that,\par

Psalm 141:5

A good person can correct me.\par That would be kind of him.\par Your followers can criticize me.\par It would be good for them to do that.\par I would accept that.\par But I will always pray against\par the bad things those bad people do.\par

Proverbs 24:25

But if a judge punishes a guilty person, then all the people will be happy with him.

Proverbs 29:5

If a person tries to get what he wants by saying nice things to people, then he is only setting a trap for himself.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister does something wrong to you, go and tell that person what he did wrong. Do this alone with that person. If that person listens to you, then you have helped that person to be your brother again.

Galatians 2:11

Peter came to Antioch. He did something that was not right. I was against Peter, because he was wrong.