Smooth Words Proverbs 28:23
Smooth Words Rebuke (Prov. 28:23) True & false prophets Help your brother (Matt. 7:1-5) Preach the truth! (II Tim. 4:1-4) True & false prophets Nathan’s honesty (II Sam. 12:1-7; Prov. 27:5-6) Micaiah’s honesty (I Kings 22:1-14; Prov. 26:28) False prophets (Isa. 30:9-11; Jer. 23:16-17) Watch out for smooth words (Luke 6:26)
Smooth Words Repentance & forgiveness (Luke 17:3) Peter and John (Acts 2:36; Jude 1:23) Stephen (Acts 7:51-53; John 3:19-21) Paul (I Thess. 2:1-5; Gal. 2:11-14) Smooth words cause division (Rom. 16:17-18) Unity achieved by correcting error (I Tim. 5:20) Church in Corinth had failed to do this (I Cor. 5)
Smooth Words Rebuke because judgment is coming (Titus 2:15) Wrath & fury, outer darkness, weeping & gnashing of teeth, eternal fire & punishment, second death, endless torment Rom. 2:8; John 3:36; Matt. 25:30, 41, 46; Matt. 13:49-50; Mark 9:48; Rev. 20:14-15; Rev. 21:8; 14:11; II Thess. 1:7-9 Only the truth can save (John 8:31-32) Trust the gospel’s power (Rom. 1:16)
Smooth Words Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue (Proverbs 28:23)