Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
In Context
5Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it: for even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
Proverbs 26:23Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
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 →