"Open rebuke is better than secret love."
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Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.
Better `is' open reproof than hidden love.