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Proverbs 28:23

World English Bible

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.

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Proverbs 28:23 in other translations

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 28:23 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 28:23 in context

  1. 21To show partiality is not good;
    yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
  2. 22A stingy man hurries after riches,
    and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
  3. 23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than one who flatters with the tongue.
  4. 24Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
    is a partner with a destroyer.
  5. 25One who is greedy stirs up strife;
    but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.