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Proverbs 27:5 KJV

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Proverbs 27:5, King James Version
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In context

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Cross-references

  • Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
  • 1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
  • Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
  • Matthew 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.