Proverbs 27:5

Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

In Context

4Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?

6Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou schalt not hate thi brothir in thin herte, but repreue hym opynly, lest thou haue synne on hym.

Matthew 18:15But if thi brother synneth ayens thee, go thou, and repreue hym, bitwixe thee and hym aloone; if he herith thee, thou hast wonnun thi brother.

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