5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:5-6
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 5
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Verse 6
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The woundsפִּצְעֵ֣יH6482Noun - masculine plural constructof a friendאוֹהֵ֑בH157Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularare faithfulנֶ֭אֱמָנִיםH539Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralbut the kissesנְשִׁיק֥וֹתH5390Noun - feminine plural constructof an enemyשׂוֹנֵֽא׃H8130Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular[are] deceitfulוְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹתH6280Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural