Bible Verses About Reproof: General references

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

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

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

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

¶ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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

¶ Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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

¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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

¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

¶ Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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

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

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

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¶ 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.

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.