Proverbs 27:5

New Century Version

It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

Those who correct others will later be liked more than those who give false praise.

Leviticus 19:17

“ ‘You must not hate your fellow citizen in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, tell him about it, or you will be partly to blame.

Matthew 18:15

“If your fellow believer sins against you, go and tell him in private what he did wrong. If he listens to you, you have helped that person to be your brother or sister again.

Galatians 2:14

When I saw they were not following the truth of the Good News, I spoke to Peter in front of them all. I said, “Peter, you are a Jew, but you are not living like a Jew. You are living like those who are not Jewish. So why do you now try to force those who are not Jewish to live like Jews?”

1 Timothy 5:20

Tell those who continue sinning that they are wrong. Do this in front of the whole church so that the others will have a warning.