Proverbs 28:23

World English Bible (2000)

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor 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; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; 16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
  • 1 Kgs 1:32-40 : 32 King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." They came before the king. 33 The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live king Solomon!' 35 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah." 36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so. 37 As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be 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 on king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, "Long live king Solomon!" 40 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

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    18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

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

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  • Prov 17:9-10
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    10A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

  • Job 17:5
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    5He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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    27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

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    1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

  • Prov 12:1-2
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    1Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 25:12
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    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

  • 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
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    25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

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    8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

  • Prov 27:2
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    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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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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  • Prov 29:20-21
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    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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  • Prov 28:24
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    23A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

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    19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

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

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  • Prov 13:24
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    24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Prov 10:17-18
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    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Prov 15:23
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    23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

  • Prov 15:10
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    10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

  • Job 5:17
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    17"Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

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    31The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.