Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.
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23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 19:26He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the Torah is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames 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 →