Reproof: General Scriptures Concerning
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Leviticus 19:17
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Proverbs 9:7, 8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. / Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 10:17
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Proverbs 15:5, 10, 12, 31, 32
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent. / Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die. / A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Proverbs 19:25
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 21:11
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
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.
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Amos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Matthew 18:15–17
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. / But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ / If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Luke 17:3, 4
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. / Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Ephesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Ephesians 5:11, 13
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
1 Timothy 5:1, 2, 20
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, / older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. / But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Revelation 11:10
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.