Topic
Rebuke
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As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. — read the full passage →
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. — read the full passage →
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. — read the full passage →
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: — read the full passage →
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. — read the full passage →
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →
For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. — read the full passage →
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, — read the full passage →
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →
And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. — read the full passage →
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. — read the full passage →
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: — read the full passage →
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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