Proverbs 27:5

All About Life

⁴ Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
⁵ Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

Open Rebuke is Better

Better Is Open Rebuke

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

Leviticus 19:17

‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.