Proverbs 28:23
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more chen ·grace· 2 than one who flatters with the tongue. 1
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In The King James Version
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
In Context
22A stingy man hurries after riches, 2 and does not know that poverty waits for him. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke 2 than hidden love. 1
Matthew 18:15“If your brother commits sin ·miss the mark and be without share· against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
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 →