Proverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:24
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Note, 1. Flatterers may please those for a time who, upon second thoughts, will detest and despise them. If ever they come to be convinced of the evil of those sinful courses they were flattered in, and to be ashamed of the pride and vanity which were humoured and gratified by those flatteries, they will hate the fawning flatterers as having had an ill design upon them, and the fulsome flatteries as having had an… Read the whole commentary →