Proverbs 28:24
Whoso stealeth from his father or his mother, And saith, “It is no transgression,” The same is the companion of a robber.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23He who rebuketh a man shall afterwards find favor More than he who flattereth with his tongue.
25He who is of a proud heart stirreth up strife; But he that trusteth in the LORD shall be rich.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20He who walketh with wise men shall be wise; But the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 19:26The son that causeth shame and disgrace doeth violence to his father, And chaseth away his mother.
Proverbs 28:7He that keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is the companion of prodigals bringeth shame on 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 →