37 Bible Verses about criticism

Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

My defence to those who examine me in this;

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

And Miriam speaketh -- Aaron also -- against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;

Thou -- who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

Better is open reproof than hidden love.

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!'

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

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

Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, 'Doth this stumble you?

his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'

I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;