Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

King James Version

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Holman Bible

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יכח 
Yakach 
Usage: 59

a man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

References

Context Readings

All About Life

22 He who hurries to be rich has an evil eye. He does not think poverty will come to him. 23 He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
24 Whoever robs his father or mother, and says: It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a man who destroys.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:5-6

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Matthew 18:15

If your brother does wrong to you, go to him in private. Clearly explain his error between you and him. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother back.

2 Samuel 12:7

You are that man! Nathan said to David. And this is what the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.

1 Kings 1:23

The king was told that the prophet was there. Nathan went in and bowed low before the king.

1 Kings 1:32-40

Then King David sent for Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah. When they came in,

Psalm 141:5

A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.

Proverbs 29:5

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

Galatians 2:11

When Cephas came to Antioch, I openly resisted him because he was completely wrong.

2 Peter 3:15-16

Consider the patience of our Lord as salvation. Just as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you.

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