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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 27, Verse 5

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Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
King James Version
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
American Standard Version
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
New English Translation
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
World English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
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The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.