Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Proverbs 28:23

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

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you, being a Jew, live as a Gentile, and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to judaize?

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall always rebuke your neighbor, and not allow sin on him.

Matthew 18:15

But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may 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 afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall always rebuke your neighbor, and not allow sin on him.
Matthew 18:15
But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you, being a Jew, live as a Gentile, and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to judaize?
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may fear.