5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Other Translations of Proverbs 27:5
King James Version
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
English Standard Version
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
The Message
5 A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.
New King James Version
5 Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
New Living Translation
5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 27:5
Commentary on Proverbs 27:5-6
(Read Proverbs 27:5-6)
Plain and faithful rebukes are better, not only than secret hatred, but than love which compliments in sin, to the hurt of the soul.