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Proverbs 27:6
6Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.
Proverbs 27:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- New International Version (NIV)Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Context of Proverbs 27:6
4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. 7A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry. 8A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:6 word by word
נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אוֹהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת נְשִׁיק֥וֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 27:6
- 2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
- Job 5:17“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
- Psalms 141:5Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds.
- Hebrews 12:10For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.
- Revelation 3:19I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
- Proverbs 10:18Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool.
- Proverbs 26:23Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
- 2 Samuel 20:9“How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.
- Matthew 26:48The traitor, Judas, had given them a prearranged signal: “You will know which one to arrest when I greet him with a kiss.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 27:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Deceitful - Better, abundant. Very lavish is the enemy of the kisses that cover perfidy, but lavish of them only. His courtesy goes no deeper.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. 6Wounds from a friend come from a caring correction (Proverbs 27:5). They are better than flattery (kisses) from an enemy who wants to harm, not help.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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