Devine Scripture

Proverbs 27:5

Proverbs chapter 27 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Context

v.4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

v.5This passage

v.6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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.