Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 27:5
Secret love - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from friend or foe, is better than such love.
Secret love - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from friend or foe, is better than such love.
Verse Proverbs 27:5. _OPEN REBUKE_ IS _BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE._] _Plutarch_ gives an account of a man who, aiming a blow at his enemy's life, cut open an imposthume, which by a salutary discharge sa...
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
_secret_ Better, with R.V., THAT IS HIDDEN; i.e. that does not manifest itself in rebuke, when it is needed. Maurer quotes aptly from Seneca, _Ep_. 25, and Plautus _Trinum_. Acts 1. Sc. ii., 57; and...
OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE— He who takes an ingenuous liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebuke them freely when need requires to their face, is a more valuable friend, though per...
CHAPTER 27 TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9 1. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not th...
Open rebuke is better than secret love. OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE - is better than the love which is hidden in the heart, and does not perform the outward offices of love, in aiding, ame...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
A word of correction might be unpleasant. You do not want your friend to see your error. And you may not want your friend to talk about such matters. But he warns you because you are wrong. He speaks...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
SECRET LOVE — i.e., that never discloses itself in acts of kindness, not even in “open rebuke” when such is needed....
טֹ֖ובָה תֹּוכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽ אַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...
“HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
_Love. Which can be of no service to us, while reproof may cause us to amend._...
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
OPEN REBUKE [IS] BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE. This is to be understood, not of rebuke publicly given; though Aben Ezra thinks public reproof is meant, which, arising from love, is better than that which i...
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. Ver. 5. _Open rebuke is better than secret love._] For, after the nature of pills, rebuke, though it be not toothsome, yet it is wholesome, and a sure sign o...
_Open rebuke is better than secret love_ “He that takes an ingenuous liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebukes them freely, when need requires, to their face, is a better friend, a more valu...
Open rebuke is better than secret love, that is, censure applied openly and honorably is much to be preferred to such a pretense of love as dissembles and refuses to rebuke a neighbor's fault where pr...
EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
OPEN REBUKE, Heb. _which is manifested or discovered_, either, 1. Publicly and before others, when it is needful; in which case, though it put a man to some shame, yet it doth him good. Or, 2. Privat...
Proverbs 27:5 Open H1540 (H8794) rebuke H8433 better H2896 love H160 concealed H5641 (H8794)...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
_Open rebuke is better than secret love._ CHARITABLE REPROOF Self-love is so natural to us, that as it makes us apt to flatter ourselves on all occasions, so it inclines us to accept too easily of th...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:5 OPEN REBUKE gives a person the chance to reflect on the course he or she is taking. HIDDEN LOVE sees problems but does not try to help the person....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not tell his friend of his faults when it should...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 18:15;...
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...
Open — When it is needful, in which case, though it put a man to some shame yet it doth him good. Better — More desirable and beneficial. Secret love — Which does not shew itself by friendly actions,...