Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
General references
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.