Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
General references
Bible References
General references
Proverbs 28:23
He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Leviticus 19:17
‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you may most certainly rebuke your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not being straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas (Peter) in front of everyone, “If you, being a Jew, live [as you have been living] like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you are [now virtually] forcing the Gentiles to live like Jews [if they want to eat with you]?”
1 Timothy 5:20
As for those [elders] who continue in sin, reprimand them in the presence of all [the congregation], so that the rest will be warned.