Rebuke Exceeds Flattery

Proverbs 28:23

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

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Mark 1:25

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

Proverbs 6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.