THEOSISProverbs 27:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת נְשִׁיק֥וֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 141 (140):5
- Rev 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
- Prov 26:23Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.
- Prov 26:26He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
- Job 5:17Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.
- Job 5:18For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
- 2 Sam 12:7And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,
- 2 Sam 12:15And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.