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Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

He that rebuketh a man, afterwards, [when the rebuked man shall find that the rebuke was for his good. But the Hebrew, 'ªcharay (H310), commonly means 'after me' - i:e., after my example and precept. Others read raachªreey. Maurer thinks both to mean the same, adverbially].

Shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue - not to the good, but to the injury of the Shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue - not to the good, but to the injury of the person so flattered.

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