Proverbs 28:23
hHe that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
NKJV: He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.
ESV: Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
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Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Psalms 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Matthew 18:15 ¶Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.