Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh an adam afterwards shall find more chen 1 (favor) than he that flattereth with the lashon. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 that hasteth to be rich hath a rah ayin, 1 and considereth not that want shall come upon him. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:7And Natan said to Dovid, Atah haIsh (thou art the Man). Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel: Meshachticha (I anointed thee) Melech over Yisroel, and I delivered thee out of the yad Sha'ul;
1 Kings 1:32And HaMelech Dovid said, Call me Tzadok HaKohen, and Natan HaNavi, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada. And they came before HaMelech.
Job 32:22For I am not skilled in flattery; 1 in so doing Oseini (my Maker) would soon take me away.
Proverbs 27:5Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof) 1 is better than secret ahavah. 1
Matthew 18:15And if your Ach b'Moshiach sins against you, go and reprove him in private, just between the two of you; if he listens to you, you have gained your Ach b'Moshiach.
2 Peter 3:15And regard the savlanut (patience) of Adoneinu as Yeshu'at Eloheynu. So also our Chaver and Ach b'Moshiach Sha'ul, according to the chochmah (wisdom) having been 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 →