19 Bible Verses about Being Reproved

You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.

My enemies have reproached me all day long;
Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

“I listened to the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

I also have become a reproach to them;
When they see me, they wag their head.

Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.

Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our reproach!

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.
But it is you, a man my equal,
My companion and my familiar friend;

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose heart is My law;
Do not fear the reproach of man,
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.

A fool always loses his temper,
But a wise man holds it back.

You who know, O Lord,
Remember me, take notice of me,
And take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that for Your sake I endure reproach.

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,
Weep between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance a reproach,
A byword among the nations.
Why should they among the peoples say,
‘Where is their God?’”

“I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts—
They came from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on them.

And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

but he received a rebuke for his own transgression, for a mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.