Proverbs 27:5
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 27
“Open rebuke is better than secret love.”Proverbs 27:5
What Does Proverbs 27:5 Mean?
Proverbs 27:5 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 27, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 27:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 28:23“He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”1 Timothy 5:20“Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.”Galatians 2:14“But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?”Psalms 141:5“Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.”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.”2 Corinthians 2:4“For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.”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.”Luke 17:3“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”Titus 1:13“This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”Proverbs 25:12“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”Genesis 20:16“And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.”Zechariah 13:6“And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”Genesis 21:25“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”Nehemiah 5:7“Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.”1 Corinthians 11:17“Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.”
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