New King James Version
Proverbs 28:23
23He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery.
Context of Proverbs 28:23
21To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress. 22A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him. He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue. 24Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer. 25He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.
Read all of Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:23 word by word
מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ אָדָ֣ם אַ֭חֲרַי חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק לָשֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 28:23
- Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
- 2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 1 Kings 1:23So they told the king, saying, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- Mark 7:22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
- Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
- Genesis 19:17So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
- Job 20:18He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.
- Job 22:16Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
Commentaries on Proverbs 28:23
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23Verse 23 Upon reflection, most will have a better opinion of a faithful reprover than of a soothing flatterer.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Wise people want honest feedback about their mistakes so they can improve (Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10; 15:24, 31–32).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Compare Pr 9:8, 9; 27:5). Those benefited by reproof will love their monitors.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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