Verse 5

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:23 : 23 He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?
  • 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.