Proverbs 27:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

Matthew 18:15

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

1 Timothy 5:20

Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.