Proverbs 28:24
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
25Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
Proverbs 19:26Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
Proverbs 28:7Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
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 →