Proverbs 27:5
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
BSB
ASV
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
KJV
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
THE LONG RULES 46 (379)
It is surely clear that concealing sin contributes to the death of the sick person, "for the sting of death is sin," says the Scripture, and also, "Open rebukes are better than hidden love." Let no one, therefore, conceal a sin in behalf of another, lest fratricide take the place of fraternal charity.
Secret love - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from friend or foe, is better than such love.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
leads to
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Through
Proverbs 28:23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
leads to
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
leads to
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.