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Proverbs 27:5
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Better is reproof that is revealedThan love that is hidden.
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
Better is revealed reproof than secret love.
Open criticism is better than hidden love.
Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
An open rebuke is better, then a secrete loue.
A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction] Than love that is hidden.
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
A truly good friend will openly correct you.
Better open rebuke than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Open rebuke is better than deceitful friendship.
Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Sharp words spoken in the open are better than love that is hidden.
Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 28:23, Leviticus 19:17, Matthew 18:15, Galatians 2:14, 1 Timothy 5:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:16 - thy Genesis 21:25 - reproved Nehemiah 5:7 - I rebuked Psalms 141:5 - the righteous Proverbs 25:12 - a wise Zechariah 13:6 - I was Luke 17:3 - rebuke 1 Corinthians 11:17 - I praise 2 Corinthians 2:4 - out Titus 1:13 - rebuke
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. This is to be understood, not of rebuke publicly given; though Aben Ezra thinks public reproof is meant, which, arising from love, is better than that which is done in secret, though in love, as being more effectual; for rebuke among friends should be given privately, according to our Lord's direction, Matthew 18:15; but it signifies reproof given faithfully and plainly, with openness of heart, and without mincing the matter, and palliating the offence; but speaking out freely, and faithfully laying before a person the evil of his sin, in all the circumstances of it, as the Apostle Paul did to Peter, when he withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed, Galatians 2:11. Now such kind of reproof is better than such love to a person as will not suffer him to tell him of his faults, for fear of grieving him, or losing his friendship; or than such love as does not show itself in deeds, and particularly in faithful reproofs; for so to act is to hate a person, and suffer sin to be upon him, Leviticus 19:17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Secret love - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from friend or foe, is better than such love.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:5. Open rebuke is better than secret love. — Plutarch gives an account of a man who, aiming a blow at his enemy's life, cut open an imposthume, which by a salutary discharge saved his life, that was sinking under a disease for which a remedy could not be found. Partial friendship covers faults; envy, malice, and revenge, will exhibit, heighten, and even multiply them. The former conceals us from ourselves; the latter shows us the worst part of our character. Thus we are taught the necessity of amendment and correction. In this sense open rebuke is better than secret love. Yet it is a rough medicine, and none can desire it. But the genuine open-hearted friend may be intended, who tells you your faults freely but conceals them from all others; hence the sixth verse: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend."
