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" 'Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.
Leviticus Chapter 19: Verse 17
Let a righteous man strike me,it is a kindness; let him rebuke me,it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it. Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
Psalms Chapter 141: Verse 5
"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs Chapter 9: Verses 7 - 8
He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Proverbs Chapter 10: Verse 17
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 1
He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 18
A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 5
Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 10
A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 12
He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise.
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verses 31 - 32
A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 10
Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs Chapter 19: Verse 25
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.
Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 11
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 12
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs Chapter 26: Verse 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Proverbs Chapter 27: Verses 5 - 6
He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.
Proverbs Chapter 28: Verse 23
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 7: Verse 5
you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth.
Amos Chapter 5: Verse 10
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Matthew Chapter 18: Verses 15 - 17
So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."
Luke Chapter 17: Verses 3 - 4
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.
John Chapter 7: Verse 7
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Galatians Chapter 4: Verse 16
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 15
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Ephesians Chapter 5: Verse 11
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
Ephesians Chapter 5: Verse 13
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
Philippians Chapter 3: Verse 1
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5: Verse 14
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
1 Timothy Chapter 5: Verses 1 - 2
Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning.
1 Timothy Chapter 5: Verse 20
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage,with great patience and careful instruction.
2 Timothy Chapter 4: Verse 2
This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
Titus Chapter 1: Verse 13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Hebrews Chapter 3: Verse 13
The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
Revelation Chapter 11: Verse 10
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