Proverbs 27:5

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Proverbs 27:5


← Proverbs 27:4 Proverbs 27:5 (KJV) Proverbs 27:6 →
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

OpenH1540 rebukeH8433 is betterH2896 than secretH5641 loveH160.


Original Hebrew

טֹובָה תֹּוכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּרֶת׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
ט֭וֹבָה
Toah H2896 HAafsa (is) good
תּוֹכַ֣חַת
to.Kha.chat H8433 HNcfsa rebuke
מְגֻלָּ֑ה
me.gu.Lah H1540 HVPsfsa uncovered
מֵֽ/אַהֲבָ֥ה
me./'a.ha.Vah H160 HR/Ncfsa more than/ love
מְסֻתָּֽרֶת
me.su.Ta.ret H5641 HVPsfsa hidden
Strong's References
  • H160 — אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw): feminine of אַהַב (ʼahab) H158 and meaning the same; affection (in a good or a bad sense); love.
  • H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H5641 — סָתַר (çâthar, saw-thar'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively; be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
  • H8433 — תּוֹכֵחָה (tôwkêchâh, to-kay-khaw'): and תּוֹכַחַת (tôwkachath); from יָכַח (yâkach) H3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence); argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.
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