Proverbs 28:23
Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:7But Nathan said to David: “You are that 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 1:32And king David said, “Summon to me Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada.” And when they had entered before the king,
Job 32:22For I do not know how long I will continue, and whether, after a while, my Maker might take me away.
Proverbs 27:5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother.
2 Peter 3:15And let the longsuffering of our Lord be considered salvation, as also our most beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:23
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Here again Solomon shows the sin and folly of those that will be rich; they are resolved that they will be so, per fas, per nefas — right or wrong; they will be so with all speed; they are getting hastily an estate. 1. They have no comfort in it: They have an evil eye, that is, they are always grieving at those that have more than they, and always grudging their necessary expenses, because they think the former… Read the whole commentary →