Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Love » Secret love
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Rebuke » Open rebuke
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Reproof » The value of
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,'so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Reproof » Declared to be » Better than secret love
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.