21 Bible Verses about Warning Individuals

In a dream that night God came to Laban. God said: Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way.

It is in my power to do you harm. But the God of your father came to me this night. He said, 'Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.'

If you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will certainly live because they listened to the warning and you will save yourself.

If righteous people turn from living the right way and do wrong, I will make them stumble and they will die. If you do not warn them, they will die because of their sin. The right things they did will not be remembered. I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

God warned the astrologers in a dream not to go back to Herod. So they departed for their country by a different road.

When he heard that Archelaus succeeded his father, Herod, as king of Judea, Joseph feared going. Warned in a dream, he left for Galilee instead.

Elisha sent word to the king of Israel. He warned him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting to ambush him.

The king of Israel warned the people who lived there. So they were on guard. This happened several times.

Have him go warn my five brothers that they will not come to this place of torment.

They warn your servant. There is a great reward in following them.

He commanded them not to tell any man.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not seen as yet, moved with godly respect. He prepared an ark to save his house. By his faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith.

We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

Do not regard him as an enemy. Admonish him as a brother.

A divisive and dissentious man should be admonished, and after two times have nothing to do with that man.

I am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days. Guided by the Spirit the disciples urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

Coming to us he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands. He said: The Holy Spirit says, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the nations.

But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and does not blow his horn to warn the people and the enemy comes and kills someone, that watchman must die because of his sin. I will hold him responsible for their deaths.'

Suppose I say to a wicked person, 'You wicked person, you will certainly die.' And you say nothing to warn him to change his ways. That wicked person will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death.