Proverbs 27:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ Better an open reprimand than concealed love.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Open rebuke is better Than secret love.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. [Prov. 28:23; Gal. 2:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Common English Bible

⁵ A public correction is better than hidden love.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:5 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a person will later find more favour than one who flatters with his tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

‘Do not harbour hatred against your brother.  , Rebuke your neighbour directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.

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 your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas  in front of everyone, ‘If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile  and not like a Jew,  how can you compel Gentiles to live  like Jews? ’

1 Timothy 5:20

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.