He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
Proverbs 27:5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
Proverbs 27:6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Treasury of Scripture
He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 27:5,6
Open rebuke is better than secret love…
2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
1 Kings 1:23,32-40
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground…
and
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar…
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Job 20:18-22
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein…
