Verse 5

Better `is' open reproof than hidden love.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:23 : 23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, `If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;
• Matt 18:15 : 15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
• Lev 19:17 : 17 `Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.