THEOSISProverbs 27:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
ט֭וֹבָה תּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.
- 1 Tim 5:20Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.
- Gal 2:14But 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?
- Matt 18:15But 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.
- Lev 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.