Proverbs 28:23
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He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Proverbs 27:5,6 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. . . .

2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

1 Kings 1:23,32-40 And they told the king, saying: Nathan, the prophet, is here. And when he was come in before the king, and had worshipped, bowing down to the ground, . . .

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Matthew 20:15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

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Genesis 13:10-13 And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor. . . .

Genesis 19:17 And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

Job 20:18-22 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer. . . .

Job 22:16,17 Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. . . .

Context
The Boldness of the Righteous
22A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. 23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.…
Cross References
Proverbs 24:25
They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:6
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 29:5
A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.

Lexicon
He who rebukes
מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ (mō·w·ḵî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

a man
אָדָ֣ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

will later
אַ֭חֲרַי (’a·ḥă·ray)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

find
יִמְצָ֑א (yim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

more favor
חֵ֣ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

than one who flatters
מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק (mim·ma·ḥă·lîq)
Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

with his tongue.
לָשֽׁוֹן׃ (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue


Additional Translations
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue.

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

He that reproves a man's ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

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

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

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

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
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