OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Proverbs 28:23

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One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than one who flatters with the tongue.

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Proverbs 28:20–26

20

A faithful man is rich with blessings;

but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

21

To show partiality is not good,

yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22

A stingy man hurries after riches,

and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

23
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One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than one who flatters with the tongue.

24

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”

is a partner with a destroyer.

25

One who is greedy stirs up strife;

but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

26

One who trusts in himself is a fool;

but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

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