Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Bible References
Reprove
Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.
Numbers 14:6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those that searched the land, tore their clothes.
1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you.
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
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Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch (being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done)