'Reproof' in the Bible
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.
A man who hardens his neck after much reproofWill suddenly be broken beyond remedy.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.