'Rebuke' in the Bible

“You must not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.

The Lord will send against you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the wickedness of your actions in abandoning Me.

Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposedat the rebuke of the Lord,at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

How painful honest words can be!But what does your rebuke prove?

Surely He would rebuke youif you secretly showed partiality.

I have heard a rebuke that insults me,and my understanding makes me reply.

The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,astounded at His rebuke.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;do not discipline me in Your wrath.

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposed,at Your rebuke, Lord,at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrificesor for your burnt offerings,which are continually before Me.

You have done these things, and I kept silent;you thought I was just like you.But I will rebuke youand lay out the case before you.

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,both chariot and horse lay still.

It was cut down and burned up;they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

At Your rebuke the waters fled;at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

You rebuke the proud,the ones under a curse,who wander from Your commands.

Let the righteous one strike me—it is an act of faithful love;let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;let me not refuse it.Even now my prayer is againstthe evil acts of the wicked.

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Poverty and disgrace come to thosewho ignore discipline,but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

Don’t add to His words,or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise personthan to listen to the song of fools,

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

Why was no one there when I came?Why was there no one to answer when I called?Is My hand too short to redeem?Or do I have no power to deliver?Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;I turn the rivers into a wilderness;their fish rot because of lack of waterand die of thirst.

Your children have fainted;they lie at the head of every streetlike an antelope in a net.They are full of the Lord’s fury,the rebuke of your God.

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me:when I swore that the waters of Noahwould never flood the earth again,so I have sworn that I will not be angry with youor rebuke you.

Look, the Lord will come with fire—His chariots are like the whirlwind—to execute His anger with furyand His rebuke with flames of fire.

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her.For she is not My wife and I am not her husband.Let her remove the promiscuous look from her faceand her adultery from between her breasts.

The Lord said to Satan: “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.

I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, “Oh no, Lord! This will never happen to You!”

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

This testimony is true. So, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith

Say these things, and encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.

Yet Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’ body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.