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Proverbs 27:5
5Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
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Context of Proverbs 27:5
3A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both. 4Fury is cruel, and anger a flood, but who can withstand jealousy? Better an open reprimand than concealed love. 6The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. 7A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
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ט֭וֹבָה תּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 27:5
- Proverbs 28:23One who rebukes a person will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- Leviticus 19:17“Do not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.
- Matthew 18:15“If your brother sins against you, go tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
- Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- 1 Timothy 5:20Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.
Commentaries on Proverbs 27:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Open rebuke is better than secret love - Plutarch gives an account of a man who, aiming a blow at his enemy's life, cut open an imposthume, which by a salutary discharge saved his life, that was sinking under a disease for which a remedy could not be found. Partial friendship covers faults; envy, malice, and revenge, will exhibit, heighten, and even multiply them. The former conceals us from ourselves; the latter shows us the worst part of our character…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Secret love - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from friend or foe, is better than such love.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-6Verses 5-6 Plain and faithful rebukes are better, not only than secret hatred, but than love which compliments in sin, to the hurt of the soul.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5A rebuke can improve life by correcting harmful behavior (Proverbs 13:1; 14:6). Hidden, unexpressed love has no value.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. secret love--not manifested in acts is useless; and even, if its exhibition by rebukes wounds us, such love is preferable to the frequent (compare Margin), and hence deceitful, kisses of an enemy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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