Proverbs 28:23
Good News Translation
Correct someone, and afterward he will appreciate it more than flattery.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Contemporary English Version
Honest correction is appreciated more than flattery.

New American Bible
Whoever rebukes another wins more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Proverbs 27:5,6 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. . . .

2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

1 Kings 1:23,32-40 And they told the king, saying: Nathan, the prophet, is here. And when he was come in before the king, and had worshipped, bowing down to the ground, . . .

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Matthew 20:15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

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Genesis 13:10-13 And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor. . . .

Genesis 19:17 And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

Job 20:18-22 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer. . . .

Job 22:16,17 Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. . . .

Context
The Boldness of the Righteous
22A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. 23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.…
Cross References
Proverbs 24:25
They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:6
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 29:5
A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.

Proverbs 28:22
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