Proverbs 27:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷He who is sated loathes honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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