Proverbs 27:6
נֶאֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵי אוֹהֵב וְנַעְתָּרוֹת נְשִׁיקוֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
In Context
5טוֹבָה תּוֹכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵֽאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת ׃
7נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כָּל ־ מַר מָתֽוֹק ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:9וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב לַעֲמָשָׂא הֲשָׁלוֹם אַתָּה אָחִי וַתֹּחֶז יַד ־ יְמִין יוֹאָב בִּזְקַן עֲמָשָׂא לִנְשָׁק ־ לֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 141:5יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי ־ צַדִּיק ׀ חֶסֶד וְֽיוֹכִיחֵנִי שֶׁמֶן רֹאשׁ אַל ־ יָנִי רֹאשִׁי כִּי ־ עוֹד וּתְפִלָּתִי בְּרָעוֹתֵיהֶֽם ׃
Proverbs 26:23כֶּסֶף סִיגִים מְצֻפֶּה עַל ־ חָרֶשׂ שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים וְלֶב ־ רָֽע ׃
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 →