'Reprove' in the Bible
How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?
Do you intend to reprove [my] words and [consider the] words of a desperate [man] as wind?
Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you?
The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.
Your wickedness will chastise you, and your apostasies will reprove you. Therefore know and see that [it is] evil and bitter, your forsaking of Yahweh, your God, and fear of me [is] not in you," {declares} the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against [it].
This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,
Speak these [things] and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!