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 to a fool for he will despise your wise words.
Proverbs 29:1
He who is often reprimanded and hardens his neck will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Numbers 14:6
At the same time, two of those who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothes in despair.
1 Kings 22:8
Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give holy things to the dogs (impure persons) (false prophets) (Matthew 7:15). Do not throw your pearls before swine (the most unclean). They will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 15:14
Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.
Hebrews 6:4
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
John reproved Herod the tetrarch for all the evil things he had done for he took his brother Herodias' wife.