Proverbs 27:5
What does Proverbs 27:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 27:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Open rebuke is better than secret love.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Better is open protest than love kept secret.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
- Matthew 18:15
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Leviticus 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
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