Proverbs 28:23

Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who say nice things to others merely to ◄flatter them/cause them to feel good►.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

In Context

22Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will soon become poor.

24Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7Nathan said to David, “You are the man I have been talking about! And this is what Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, says to you: ‘I appointed you to be king of Israel, after having rescued you from Saul.

1 Kings 1:32Then King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah.” So someone went and summoned them. When they came in,

Job 32:22I really do not know how to flatter people; and if I did that, God would soon get rid of me.”

Proverbs 27:5It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.

Matthew 18:15“If a fellow believer sins against you, go to him, and when you two are alone, reprove him for sinning against you. If that person listens to you and feels sorry that he has sinned against you, you will have restored your friendship with that person.

2 Peter 3:15And think about this: Our Lord Jesus Christ is patient because he wants people to be saved. Our dear ◄brother/fellow believer► Paul also wrote wise words to you about these same matters, because God enabled him to understand these ◄ events/things that will happen►.

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 →

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