Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Open rebuke is better than hidden love. Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him. Matthew 18:15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear. Context Do not Boast about Tomorrow…4Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked? 5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.… Cross References Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. Jump to Previous Better Concealed Hidden Kept Love Open Protest Rebuke Reproof SecretJump to Next Better Concealed Hidden Kept Love Open Protest Rebuke Reproof SecretLinks Proverbs 27:5 NIVProverbs 27:5 NLT Proverbs 27:5 ESV Proverbs 27:5 NASB Proverbs 27:5 Bible Apps Proverbs 27:5 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 27:5 Chinese Bible Proverbs 27:5 French Bible Proverbs 27:5 German Bible Alphabetical: Better concealed hidden is love open rebuke than that OT Poetry: Proverbs 27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |