Proverbs 27:5

Easy To Read Version

Open criticism is better than hidden love.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

If you help someone by telling him he is doing wrong, then later he will be happy with you. That is much better than always saying only nice things to people.

Leviticus 19:17

“You must not hate your brother in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, then talk to him about it. But forgive him!

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister does something wrong to you, go and tell that person what he did wrong. Do this alone with that person. If that person listens to you, then you have helped that person to be your brother again.

Galatians 2:14

I saw what these Jews did. They were not following the truth of the Good News. {\cf2\super [17]} So I spoke to Peter in a way that all the other Jews could hear what I said. This is what I said: “Peter, you are a Jew. But you don’t live like a Jew. You live like a non-Jew. So why do you now force the non-Jewish people to live like Jews?”

1 Timothy 5:20

Tell those who sin that they are wrong. Do this in front of the whole church. In that way the others will have a warning.