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Proverbs 27:5
Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
Proverbs 27:5 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 27:5 in other translations
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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In context
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand,—but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
4 The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?
5 Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
7 The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
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