Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
General references
Bible References
General references
Proverbs 28:23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.
than one who flatters
Leviticus 19:17
“You must not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.
Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”
1 Timothy 5:20
Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.