Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

Leviticus 19:17

"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 18:15

"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who 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
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Leviticus 19:17
"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.