Proverbs 27:5-6
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 27
One song meets this passage
Free Bird · Lynyrd Skynyrd
strains against Proverbs 27:5-6
He softens the blow of leaving rather than offering honest reckoning with the one he's hurting, a gentler evasion than real faithfulness requires.
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