Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
In Context
4Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?
6Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.
Cross References
Matthew 18:15Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:4-5
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? These two verses show the intolerable mischief, 1. Of ungoverned passion. The wrath of a fool, who when he is provoked cares not what he says and does, is more grievous than a great stone or a load of sand. It lies heavily upon himself. Those who have no command of their passions do themselves even sink under the load of them. The wrath of a fool… Read the whole commentary →