Proverbs 27:5-6

More Proverbs of Solomon

⁵ _c Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
⁶ Faithful are _d the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 28:23
   Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 141:5
   Let a righteous man strike me - it is a kindness; let him rebuke me - it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.