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Proverbs 28:23 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 28 · verse 23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.Proverbs 28:23 · King James Version
Proverbs 28:23 in context
21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
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Key words (Strong's)
- afterwardsʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- flatterethchâlaqto be smoothH2505 →
- rebukethyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- favourchêngraciousnessH2580 →
- findmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary