Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:6 in other translations
| BSB | The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
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| WEB | The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse. |
| ASV | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. |
| YLT | Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. |
| DARBY | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. |
| BBE | The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false. |
| Webster | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
What does Proverbs 27:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 27:5-6
5-6. secret love--not manifested in acts is useless; and even, if its exhibition by rebukes wounds us, such love is preferable to the frequent (compare Margin), and hence deceitful, kisses of an enemy.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 27:5-6
Plain and faithful rebukes are better, not only than secret hatred, but than love which compliments in sin, to the hurt of the soul.
Proverbs 27:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 27:6
- Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Job 5:17-18
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- Proverbs 26:23-26
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
- 2 Samuel 12:7-15
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. …
- Hebrews 12:10
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
- Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- 2 Samuel 20:9-10
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- Matthew 26:48-50
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
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2Sa 12:7-15; Job 5:17,18; Ps 141:5; Heb 12:10; Re 3:19
the kisses.
10:18; 26:23-26; 2Sa 20:9,10; Mt 26:48-50
deceitful. or, earnest, or, frequent.
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Context
- Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les blessures faites par un ami sont fidèles, mais les baisers de celui qui hait sont fréquents. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Treugemeint sind die Wunden dessen, der liebt, und überreichlich des Hassers Küsse. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis. |