Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 18:15

But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Leviticus 19:17
Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.