Proverbs 27:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Better an open reprimand than concealed love.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a person will later find more favour than one who flatters with his tongue.

1 Timothy 5:20

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas  in front of everyone, ‘If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile  and not like a Jew,  how can you compel Gentiles to live  like Jews? ’

Matthew 18:15

‘If your brother sins against you,   go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

Leviticus 19:17

‘Do not harbour hatred against your brother.  , Rebuke your neighbour directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.