Proverbs 28:23

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

Proverbs 27:5-6

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Matthew 18:15

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

2 Samuel 12:7

And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

1 Kings 1:23

And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

1 Kings 1:32-40

And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

2 Peter 3:15-16

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

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