Proverbs 27:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

Matthew 18:15

But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I had seen that they were not walking correctly, by the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in front of everyone: "If you, while you are a Jew, are living like the Gentiles and not the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to keep the customs of the Jews?"

1 Timothy 5:20

Reprove sinners in the sight of everyone, so that the others may have fear.