Proverbs 28:23
Whoever disciplines someone, 1 afterward will find more favor from him 1 than from the one who flatters him with his tongue. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
22A stingy man hurries after riches, 1 but he does not know that poverty will come upon him. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kings 1:32King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
Job 32:22For I do not know how to give such titles; 1 if I did so, my Maker would soon take me away.
Proverbs 27:5Better is an open rebuke 1 than hidden love. 1
Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have gained your brother.
2 Peter 3:15Also, consider the patience of our Lord to be salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him.
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 →