Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Love » Secret love
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Rebuke » Open rebuke
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Reproof » The value of
As an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is he who reproves a wise man who has a docile ear.
And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him:
Let the righteous smite me in mercy, and let him reprove me: and let not a flattering evil prince anoint my head, for my prayer shall ever be against his evil.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself shall bring his mother to shame.
The fool despises his father's chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.
Reproof » Declared to be » Better than secret love
Open rebuke is better than secret love.