29 Bible Verses about Reproving People

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.

Your own evil shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you, therefore know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that My fear is not in you, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may fear.

This witness is true; for which cause convict them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

But to those who rebuke him, it shall be a delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Do not sharply rebuke an elder, but exhort as a father, and the younger ones as brothers,

Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; give to a wise man, and he will love you. Give to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears 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 instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

Turn at my warning; behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

For I am with you, says Jehovah, to save you. Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you entirely unpunished.

All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

And, brothers, we beseech you to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,

Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who listens to correction shall be honored.

The ear that hears the reproof of life shall remain among the wise.

He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gets understanding.

Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall always rebuke your neighbor, and not allow sin on him.

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a thousand stripes into a fool.

He who rebukes a man shall afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

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

One rebuking a scorner gets shame to himself; and one rebuking a wicked one gets himself a blemish. Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; give to a wise man, and he will love you.

Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, that are as wind?

They hate him who rebukes in the gate, and they despise him who speaks uprightly.