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Proverbs 27:5
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Proverbs 27:5
5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
5Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
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Proverbs 27:5
Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest; as a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof. A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
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Open the full verse study20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
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Open the full verse study14But 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?
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Open the full verse study15¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study17¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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