Proverbs 27:5

New King James Version

Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 18:15

“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.