Bulletin for Biblical Research (6) (1996) 15-22

37 Compare the following proverbs: “Better is open reproof than hidden love” (27:5). “Whoever reproves a person will afterward find more favor than one who. flatters with the tongue” (28:23). See also Eccl 7:5: “It is better for a man to hear the. rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.” ................
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