Rebuking

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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 →

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.

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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 →

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.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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?

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

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 →

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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.

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.

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

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.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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.

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.

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.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, — read the full passage →

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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.

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.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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.

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.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. — read the full passage →

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

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.

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.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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 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.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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.

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 →

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

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 →

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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

And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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: