29 Bible Verses about Reproving People

As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.

For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,

A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold [is] a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.

Your wickedness will chastise you, and your apostasies will reprove you. Therefore know and see that [it is] evil and bitter, your forsaking of Yahweh, your God, and fear of me [is] not in you," {declares} the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.

Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,

But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to [him] as a father, younger men as brothers,

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you. Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.

"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

"Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.

May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.

For I am with you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'to save you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations to which I scattered you, but you I will not make a complete destruction. And I will chastise you to the measure, and I will not leave you entirely unpunished.'

All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Poverty and disgrace [belong to] him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.

The ear of him who listens [to] admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.

He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who hears admonition gains heart.

The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.

" 'You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your fellow citizen, so that you do not incur sin {along with} him.

A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.

Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}. Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.

Do you intend to reprove [my] words and [consider the] words of a desperate [man] as wind?

They hate the one who reproves in the gate and they abhor the one who speaks honestly.