Proverbs 27:5

God's Word

Open criticism is better than unexpressed love.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever criticizes people will be more highly regarded in the future than the one who flatters with his tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

“Never hate another Israelite. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

Matthew 18:15

“If a believer does something wrong, go, confront him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back that believer.

Galatians 2:14

But I saw that they were not properly following the truth of the Good News. So I told Cephas in front of everyone, “You’re Jewish, but you live like a person who is not Jewish. So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?”

1 Timothy 5:20

Reprimand those leaders who sin. Do it in front of everyone so that the other leaders will also be afraid.