Proverbs 27:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

1 Timothy 5:20

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Matthew 18:15

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.