Proverbs 27:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes another wins more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate any of your kindred in your heart. Reprove your neighbor openly so that you do not incur sin because of that person.

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 over your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of all, “If you, though a Jew, are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?” Faith and Works.

1 Timothy 5:20

Reprimand publicly those who do sin, so that the rest also will be afraid.