Devine Scripture

Proverbs 28:23

Proverbs chapter 28 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Context

v.22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

v.23This passage

v.24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 1:23

    And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  • Galatians 2:11

    But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

  • Matthew 18:15

    And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

  • 2 Peter 3:15

    And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

  • 2 Samuel 12:7

    And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

  • Proverbs 27:5

    Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.