Cross references
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 27:5–6 (10 votes) and Matthew 18:15 (9 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Samuel 25 to 2 Peter 3.
Which verses does Proverbs 28:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 27:5–610 votes
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- Matthew 18:159 votes
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Psalm 141:57 votes
Let 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.
- 2 Samuel 12:72 votes
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 1 Kings 1:232 votes
So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
- 1 Kings 1:32–402 votes
Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon. …
- Proverbs 29:52 votes
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Galatians 2:112 votes
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
- 2 Peter 3:15–162 votes
Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Which verses point to Proverbs 28:23?
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