Proverbs 27:5
Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof) 1 is better than secret ahavah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine lev; thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear chet because of him.
Matthew 18:15And if your Ach b'Moshiach sins against you, go and reprove him in private, just between the two of you; if he listens to you, you have gained your Ach b'Moshiach.
1 Timothy 5:20The Zekenim that are sinning, expose before all, that the rest also may have yirat Shomayim.
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 →