Proverbs 28:24
A man who robs his father and mother, and says, “It's not a crime,” is one step away from becoming a murderer.
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In Context
23Honest criticism is appreciated later far more than flattery.
25Greedy people stir up trouble, but those who trust in the Lord will be successful.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20Being friends with wise people will make you wise, but being friends with stupid people will only cause you problems.
Proverbs 19:26A son who abuses his father and chases away his mother brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 28:7If you keep the law, you're a wise son, but if you keep bad company you shame your 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 →