5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.


In Context

2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

Proverbs 27:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:5Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:5Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:5Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:5Open rebuke is better than secret love.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:5Better is open reproof than hidden love.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:5Open rebuke is better than secret love.