29 Bible Verses about Reproving People

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

"You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.

Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.