Proverbs 28:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour 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 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
• 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 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
• 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 unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable 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 the LORD 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 me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also 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 with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the LORD 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 an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save 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 an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
• Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.