Proverbs 28:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better `is' open reproof than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 and they declare to the king, saying, `Lo, Nathan the prophet;' and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy,
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you, 16 as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou `art' the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
  • 1 Kgs 1:32-40 : 32 And king David saith, `Call for me for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of Jehoiada;' and they come in before the king. 33 And the king saith to them, `Take with you the servants of your lord, and ye have caused Solomon my son to ride on mine own mule, and caused him to go down unto Gihon, 34 and anointed him there hath Zadok the priest -- and Nathan the prophet -- for king over Israel, and ye have blown with a trumpet, and said, Let king Solomon live; 35 and ye have come up after him, and he hath come in and hath sat on my throne, and he doth reign in my stead, and him I have appointed to be leader over Israel, and over Judah.' 36 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answereth the king, and saith, `Amen! so doth Jehovah, God of my lord the king, say; 37 as Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and doth make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.' 38 And Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon, 39 and Zadok the priest taketh the horn of oil out of the tent, and anointeth Solomon, and they blow with a trumpet, and all the people say, `Let king Solomon live.' 40 And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing -- great joy, and the earth rendeth with their voice.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

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    24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

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  • Prov 9:7-8
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    7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

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  • Prov 13:18
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    18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

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  • Prov 17:9-10
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    9Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety.

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    5For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

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    27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

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    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • Prov 12:1-2
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    2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

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    14From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

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    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

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    12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

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    2For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

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    10He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

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    4And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

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    23A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

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    8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Prov 17:4-5
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

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    23The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

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    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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    15By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

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    19A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

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  • Prov 3:12
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    12For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

  • Prov 10:17-18
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    17A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

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    23Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

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    10Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

  • Job 5:17
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    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

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    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

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    15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.