'Reprove' in the Bible
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
"Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.