Proverbs 27:5
“Open rebuke is better then secret loue.”
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Proverbs 27:5 Context
3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both. 4Wrath is cruell, and anger is outragious: but who is able to stand before enuie? 5Open rebuke is better then secret loue. 6Faithfull are the woundes of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are deceitfull. 7The full soule loatheth an honie combe: but to the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
- King James Version
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
- Basic English Bible
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- Darby Bible
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- Webster's Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- World English Bible
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 27:5
27:5 Open - When it is needful, in which case, though it put a man to some shame yet it doth him good. Better - More desirable and beneficial. Secret love - Which does not shew itself by friendly actions, and particularly by free and faithful reproof.