Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Leviticus 19:17

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

Matthew 18:15

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Leviticus 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

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