Proverbs 28:23 KJV
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23, King James Version
In context
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- 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.