Proverbs 27:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ Better is open rebuke than hidden 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.

Proverbs 27:5 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a man will in the end find more favor than one with a flattering tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

“You are not to hate your brother in your heart. Instead, you are to firmly rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 18:15

“Now if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault while you’re with him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of everyone, “If you—being a Jew—live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

1 Timothy 5:20

Correct those who continue sinning in the presence of everyone, so that the rest also may fear.