5 Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
6 The 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.
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References and Original Words
Verse 5
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Original words
Better ט֭וֹבָה H2896 Adjective - feminine singular an open מְגֻלָּ֑ה H1540 Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular rebuke תּוֹכַ֣חַת H8433 Noun - feminine singular than love מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה H160 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular that is concealed מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ H5641 Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular
Verse 6
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The wounds פִּצְעֵ֣י H6482 Noun - masculine plural construct of a friend אוֹהֵ֑ב H157 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular are faithful נֶ֭אֱמָנִים H539 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural but the kisses נְשִׁיק֥וֹת H5390 Noun - feminine plural construct of an enemy שׂוֹנֵֽא׃ H8130 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular [are] deceitful וְ֝נַעְתָּר֗וֹת H6280 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural