Proverbes 28:23

23 Celui qui reprend les autres trouve ensuite plus de faveur Que celui dont la langue est flatteuse.

Proverbes 28:23 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man
His friend and acquaintance, for any fault committed by him; which reproof he gives in a free and faithful manner, yet kind, tender, and affectionate. The word rendered "afterwards", which begins the next clause, according to the accents belongs to this, and is by some rendered, "he that rebuketh a man after me" ^F2; after my directions, according to the rules I have given; that is, after God, and by his order; or Solomon, after his example, who delivered out these sentences and instructions. The Targum so connects the word, and renders the clause,

``he that rebukes a man before him;''

openly, to his thee: but rather it may be rendered "behind"; that is, as Cocceius interprets it, apart, alone, privately, and secretly, when they are by themselves; which agrees with Christ's instructions, ( Matthew 18:15 ) ; afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the
tongue;
for though the reproofs given him may uneasy upon his mind at first, and may be cutting and wounding, and give him some pain, and so some dislike to the reprover; yet when he coolly considers the nature and tendency of the reproof, the manner in which it was given, and the design of it, he will love, value, and esteem his faithful friend and rebuker, more than the man that fawned upon him, and flattered him with having done that which was right and well; or, as the Targum, than he that divideth the tongue, or is doubletongued; and so the Syriac version; see ( Proverbs 27:5 Proverbs 27:6 ) ( Psalms 141:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (yrxa) "post me", Montanus, Tigurine version, Baynus; so some in Vatablus and Michaelis, R. Saadiah Gaon; "ut sequatur me", Junius & Tremellius.

Proverbes 28:23 In-Context

21 Il n'est pas bon d'avoir égard aux personnes, Et pour un morceau de pain un homme se livre au péché.

22 Un homme envieux a hâte de s'enrichir, Et il ne sait pas que la disette viendra sur lui.

23 Celui qui reprend les autres trouve ensuite plus de faveur Que celui dont la langue est flatteuse.

24 Celui qui vole son père et sa mère, Et qui dit: Ce n'est pas un péché! Est le compagnon du destructeur.

25 L'orgueilleux excite les querelles, Mais celui qui se confie en l'Eternel est rassasié.