Proverbs 28:24
Whoever is robbing his father or his mother, || And is saying, “It is not transgression,” || He is a companion to a destroyer.
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In Context
23Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.
25Whoever is proud in soul stirs up contention, || And whoever is trusting on YHWH is made fat.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, || And a companion of fools suffers evil.
Proverbs 19:26Whoever is spoiling a father causes a mother to flee, || A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever is keeping the Law is an intelligent son, || And a friend of gluttons || Causes his father to blush.
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 →