29 Bible Verses about Reproving People
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The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother.
Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet will I not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in just measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored.
The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
He that reproves a scoffer gets for himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself injury. Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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