Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Better is open rebuke than hidden love. New Living Translation An open rebuke is better than hidden love! English Standard Version Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Berean Standard Bible Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. King James Bible Open rebuke is better than secret love. New King James Version Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed. New American Standard Bible Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. NASB 1995 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. NASB 1977 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. Legacy Standard Bible Better is reproof that is revealed Than love that is hidden. Amplified Bible Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction] Than love that is hidden. Christian Standard Bible Better an open reprimand than concealed love. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better an open reprimand than concealed love. American Standard Version Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Public rebuke is better than secret love. Brenton Septuagint Translation Open reproofs are better than secret love. Contemporary English Version A truly good friend will openly correct you. Douay-Rheims Bible Open rebuke is better than hidden love. English Revised Version Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. GOD'S WORD® Translation Open criticism is better than unexpressed love. Good News Translation Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all. International Standard Version An open rebuke is better than unspoken love. JPS Tanakh 1917 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. Literal Standard Version Better [is] open reproof than hidden love. Majority Standard Bible Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. New American Bible Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden. NET Bible Better is open rebuke than hidden love. New Revised Standard Version Better is open rebuke than hidden love. New Heart English Bible Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Webster's Bible Translation Open rebuke is better than secret love. World English Bible Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Young's Literal Translation Better is open reproof than hidden love. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do not Boast about Tomorrow…4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy? 5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. 6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.… Cross References Galatians 2:14 When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue. Treasury of Scripture Open rebuke is better than secret love. Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Matthew 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Jump to Previous Better Concealed Hidden Kept Love Open Protest Rebuke Reproof SecretJump to Next Better Concealed Hidden Kept Love Open Protest Rebuke Reproof SecretProverbs 27 1. observations of self love5. of true love 11. of care to avoid offenses 23. and of the household care (5) Secret love--i.e., that never discloses itself in acts of kindness, not even in "open rebuke" when such is needed.Verse 5. - Open rebuke is better than secret love. Love that is hidden and never discloses itself in acts of self-denial or generosity, especially that which from fear of offending does not rebuke a friend, nor speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), when there is good reason for such openness - such disguised love is worse, more objectionable, less beneficial, than the plain speaking which bravely censures a fault, and dares to correct what is wrong by well-timed blame. To hold back blame, it has been said, is to hold back love. "I love not my friend," wrote Seneca ('Ep.,' 25), "if I do not offend him." Plautus, 'Trinum.,' 1:2, 57 - "Sed tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus. Si quid scis me fecisse inscite aut improbe, Hebrew Betterט֭וֹבָה (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good an open מְגֻלָּ֑ה (mə·ḡul·lāh) Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal rebuke תּוֹכַ֣חַת (tō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8433: Chastisement, correction, refutation, proof than love מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה (mê·’a·hă·ḇāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 160: Love (noun) that is concealed. מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ (mə·sut·tā·reṯ) Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Links Proverbs 27:5 NIVProverbs 27:5 NLT Proverbs 27:5 ESV Proverbs 27:5 NASB Proverbs 27:5 KJV Proverbs 27:5 BibleApps.com Proverbs 27:5 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 27:5 Chinese Bible Proverbs 27:5 French Bible Proverbs 27:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love (Prov. Pro Pr) |
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