Rebuke

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together; — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love.

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke. — read the full passage →

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. — read the full passage →

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

The ransom of a man's life <FI>are<Fi> his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;

yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they--they transgressed against Me.

`Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah, your God.

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: `Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on Jerusalem, Is not this a brand delivered from fire?'

and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.

and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one--thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He--the wicked--in his iniquity doth die, And his blood from thy hand I require. — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →

and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore <FI>him<Fi> sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than <FI>for<Fi> a man to hear a song of fools,

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, <FI>Is<Fi> the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he--the wicked--in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days, — read the full passage →

Burnt with fire--cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed, — read the full passage →

And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy,

And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying--`Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.