29 Bible Verses about Reproving People

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

For the commandment is a lamp. The law is light. Reproofs for instruction are the way of life.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise provider to a listening ear.

Your own wickedness will correct you. Your apostasies (unfaithful ways) will punish you! You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you when you abandon Jehovah your God! You do not respect (reverence) me, says the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Reprove the sinner in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Those who rebuke the wicked are filled with delight. A good blessing will come upon them.

Do not rebuke (censure) (criticize) an elder, but appeal to him as a father, the younger men as brothers.

Correct a scoffer (mocker) (scorner) and he will hate you. Reprove a wise man and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning (insight).

If your brother does wrong to you, go to him in private. Clearly explain his error between you and him. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother back.

So watch how you behave. Admonish your brother to repent when he sins. Forgive him when he repents.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you.

I am with you. I will rescue you, declares Jehovah. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I will not let you go entirely unpunished.

God inspired all Scripture! It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. (Greek: theopneustos: God-breathed)

We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you.

Poverty and shame come to all who reject discipline. He who accepts reproof will be honored.

The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

He who refuses instruction (discipline) despises his own life. But he who listens to reproof understands.

Strike a scoffer and the simple will be wary. Reprove someone who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

Reproof influences a wise man more than a hundred stripes does to a fool.

He who reproves a man later find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Correct a scoffer and get dishonor for yourself. Rebuke a wicked man and receive insults. Correct a scoffer (mocker) (scorner) and he will hate you. Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

Do you mean to correct what I say? Do you treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).