Proverbs 27:6
Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.
Bible (Bishops')
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 then secrete loue.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.
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 →