Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who 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.
King James 2000
He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
22 He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him. 23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue. 24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:5-6
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
Matthew 18:15
"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
2 Samuel 12:7
Then Nathan said to him, "You [are] the man! Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: 'I anointed you as king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
1 Kings 1:23
They told the king, "Nathan the prophet is here." He came into the presence of the king and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 1:32-40
Then King David said, "Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada," and they came before the king.
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 29:5
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed [him] to his face, because he was condemned.
2 Peter 3:15-16
And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him,