Parallel Verses
King James 2000
He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue.
New American Standard Bible
Than he who
King James Version
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Holman Bible
than one who flatters
International Standard Version
Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor than someone who flatters with his words.
A Conservative Version
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
American Standard Version
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Amplified
He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Bible in Basic English
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
Darby Translation
He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Julia Smith Translation
He reproving a man, afterwards shall find favor more than he smoothing the tongue.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
Modern King James verseion
He who rebukes a man shall afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favour at the last, than he that flattereth him.
NET Bible
The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
New Heart English Bible
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
The Emphasized Bible
He that reproveth a man, shall, afterwards, find more, favour, than he that useth a flattering tongue.
Webster
He that rebuketh a man afterward shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.
World English Bible
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Themes
Flattery » Those that flatter with the tongue
Flattery » Seldom gains respect
Topics
Interlinear
Yakach
Matsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him. 23 He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue. 24 Whosoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:5-6
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15
Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother.
2 Samuel 12:7
And 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 Kings 1:23
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.
1 Kings 1:32-40
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.
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous strike 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 against their evil.
Proverbs 29:5
A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Galatians 2:11
But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed.
2 Peter 3:15-16
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you;