Proverbs 28:23
World English Bible (WEB)
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
In context
21 To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.
25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Proverbs 28:23 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
- KJV King James Version
- He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that rebuketh a man afterward shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.