Verse 5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:23 : 23 The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.