Proverbs 28:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ אָדָ֣ם אַ֭חֲרַי חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק לָשֽׁוֹן׃

Transliteration

môḵîaḥ 'āḏām 'aḥăray ḥēn yimṣā' mimmaḥălîq lāšôn

Grammar Details

• *môḵîaḥ*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - reproving/rebuking
• *'āḏām*: noun, masculine singular - man/person
• *'aḥăray*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - after me
• *ḥēn*: noun, masculine singular - favor/grace
• *yimṣā'*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will find
• *mimmaḥălîq*: preposition + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - than one flattering
• *lāšôn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue

Word Meanings

• *môḵîaḥ*: reproving/rebuking/correcting
• *'āḏām*: man/person
• *'aḥăray*: afterward/in the end
• *ḥēn*: favor/grace/approval
• *yimṣā'*: will find/will obtain
• *maḥălîq*: flattering/smooth-talking
• *lāšôn*: tongue/language/speech

Referenced Verses

• Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
• 1 Kgs 1:23 : 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.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 And if your brother sin against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone: if he hear you, you have gained your brother.
• Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
• 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 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; 16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein {G1722} are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
• 2 Sam 12:7 : 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;
• 1 Kgs 1:32-40 : 32 And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye the trumpet, and say, [Long] live king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so [too]. 37 As Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [Long] live king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
• Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
• Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.