Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 27:5-6

Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.

2 Samuel 12:7

Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

1 Kings 1:23

They told the king, saying, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:32-40

Then King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” And they came into the king’s presence.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

2 Peter 3:15-16

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

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