Proverbs 28:23

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Whoever rebukes a person will find favor afterward, more than one who flatters with the tongue.

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  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 The king was informed, "Nathan the prophet is here." So Nathan came before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 As he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. In them, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
  • 1 Kgs 1:32-40 : 32 King David said, "Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me." When they came before the king, 33 the king said to them, "Take my servants with you, have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and escort him down to Gihon. 34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. Blow the ram's horn and declare, 'Long live King Solomon!' 35 You are to go up with him, and he is to sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.' 36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it! 37 Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David." 38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. 39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram's horn, and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!" 40 All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such great joy that the ground shook from the sound.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

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  • Prov 9:7-8
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    18Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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  • Prov 17:20
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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

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  • Job 13:10
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  • Prov 3:4
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    4Then you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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    2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 17:4-5
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