Proverbs 27:5

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any case rebuke your neighbor, and not permit sin to remain upon him.

Matthew 18:15

Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live according to the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.