The Boldness of the Righteous

Proverbs 28:23

In 11 translations

BSB: He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
KJV: He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
WEB: One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
ASV: He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
LSV: Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.
YLT: Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
DBY: He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
DRC: He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.
GNV: He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.
JPS: He that rebuketh a man shall in the end find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
LXXE: He that reproves a man's ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ אָדָ֣ם אַ֭חֲרַי חֵ֣ן יִמְצָ֑א מִֽמַּחֲלִ֥יק לָשֽׁוֹן׃
LXX-Br: Ὁ ἐλέγχων ἀνθρώπου ὁδοὺς, χάριτας ἕξει μᾶλλον τοῦ γλωσσοχαριτοῦντος.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Proverbs 27:5–6Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
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Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
1 Kings 1:23So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

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