Proverbs 28:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

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  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden 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 came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And consider that the patience of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you; 16 As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
  • 1 Kgs 1:32-40 : 32 And King David said, Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada to me. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet, and say, God save King Solomon. 35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; 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. May the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David. 38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 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 a horn of oil from the tent 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 played flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth resounded with the sound of them.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:24-26
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    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

    26Every man shall kiss his lips who gives a right answer.

  • Prov 9:7-8
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    74%

    7He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

  • Prov 27:5
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    5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

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

  • Prov 29:5
    73%

    5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Prov 17:9-10
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    72%

    9He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

  • Job 17:5
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    5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 12:1-2
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    71%

    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 12:14
    71%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 25:12
    70%

    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will surely reprove you, if you secretly show partiality.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 19:25
    70%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

  • Prov 12:8
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    8A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

  • Prov 27:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:4-5
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    70%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 29:20-21
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    69%

    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

    21He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.

  • Prov 28:24
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    24Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

  • Prov 19:19
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    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 3:12
    69%

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 13:24
    69%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 10:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 15:31
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    31The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.