Proverbs 27:6
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
In Context
5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
Proverbs 26:23Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
Hebrews 12:10And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:6-7
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Note, 1. It is good for us to be reproved, and told of our faults, by our friends. If true love in the heart has but zeal and courage enough to show itself in dealing plainly with our friends, and reproving them for what they say and do amiss, this is really better, not only than secret hatred (as Lev. xix. 17 ), but than secret love, that love to our neighbours which does not show itself in… Read the whole commentary →