Proverbs 27:5

All About Life

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Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?
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Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend [who corrects out of love and concern],
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful [because they serve his hidden agenda].

Open Rebuke is Better

Better Is Open Rebuke

Proverbs 28:23

He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not being straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas (Peter) in front of everyone, “If you, being a Jew, live [as you have been living] like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you are [now virtually] forcing the Gentiles to live like Jews [if they want to eat with you]?”

Leviticus 19:17

‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you may most certainly rebuke 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 and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

As for those [elders] who continue in sin, reprimand them in the presence of all [the congregation], so that the rest will be warned.