Verse 5

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:23 : 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.