Proverbs 27:6 (BSB)

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

From Proverbs 27. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 27:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 27:5-6: Note, 1. It is good for us to be reproved, and told of our faults, by our friends. If true love in the heart has but zeal and courage enough to show itself in dealing plainly with our friends, and reproving them for what they say and do amiss, this is really better, not only than secret hatred (as Lev 19:17), but than secret love...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 27:6: The full soul loatheth an honeycomb,.... Or "tramples upon" it (a), as the word signifies, and most versions render it, expressive of contempt and abhorrence; and suits will the situation of the honeycomb, which was usually in trees and rocks in Palestine: and so might drop from thence, and be trampled upon by passengers; and especially such as are here described, whose appetites have been...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 27:6: Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. (c) They are flattering and seem friendly.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 27:6: Pro 27:6 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, And overloaded [plentiful] the kisses of an enemy. The contrast to נאמנים, true, i.e., honourable and good (with the transference of the character of the person to his act), would be fraudulenta (Jerome), or נהפכות, i.e., false (Ralbag); Ewald seeks this idea from עתר, to stumble, make a false step; Hitzig, from עתר = (Arab.)...