Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
In Context
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15And if thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
1 Timothy 5:20Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
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 →