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Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Proverbs 27:5 · Webster 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 man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7 The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
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