37 Bible Verses about criticism

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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

An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.

Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

avoiding this, that any one should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.

a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:

He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

My defence to those who examine me is this:

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

for they loved glory from men rather than glory from God.

for we provide for things honest, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to the determining of questions of reasoning.

And they that are of erring spirit shall know understanding, and the disobedient shall learn doctrine.

but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?

His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest;

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;

But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.