Bible Verses About Reproof

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

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

A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

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

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Better is open reproof than hidden love.

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

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

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

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

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,

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.

To refresh him in the fear of Jehovah, And by the sight of his eyes he judgeth not, Nor by the hearing of his ears decideth.

Thy sons have been wrapped up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox in a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God.

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

`And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated--

And He saith unto Me, `Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day.

And the sons are brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:

and they--whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they are --have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.

`And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they are a rebellious house,

And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they are rebellious.

that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;