Verse 5

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:23 : 23 He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.