Proverbs 28:23
He who rebuketh a man shall afterwards find favor More than he who flattereth with his tongue.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
In Context
22He who hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, And considereth not that poverty will come upon him.
Cross References
Job 32:22For I know not how to flatter; Soon would my Maker take me away.
Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.
Matthew 18:15Moreover, if thy brother sin, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he listen to thee, thou hast gained thy brother;
2 Peter 3:15and account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote 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 →