(NIV)
To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’
To
Sarah he
said, “Behold, I have
given your
brother a
thousand pieces of
silver. It is a sign of your
innocence in the
eyes of
all who are
with you, and before
everyone you are
vindicated.”
(NIV)
Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.
When
Abraham reproved Abimelech about a
well of
water that
Abimelech’s servants had
seized,
(NIV)
May it be that when I say to a young woman, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too” – let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.’
Let the
young woman to whom I shall
say, ‘
Please let
down your
jar that I may
drink,’ and who shall
say, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels’—let her be the one whom you have
appointed for your
servant Isaac.
By this I shall
know that you have
shown steadfast love to my
master.”
(NIV)
and if she says to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,’ let her be the one the
Lord has chosen for my master’s son.”
and who will
say to me, “
Drink, and I will
draw for your
camels also,” let her be the
woman whom the
Lord has
appointed for my
master’s son.’
(NIV)
Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.
For you have
felt through all my
goods;
what have you
found of
all your
household goods?
Set it
here before my
kinsmen and your
kinsmen, that they may
decide between us
two.
(NIV)
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.’
If the
God of my
father, the
God of
Abraham and the
Fear of
Isaac, had not been on my side,
surely now you would have
sent me away empty-handed.
God saw my
affliction and the
labor of my
hands and
rebuked you
last night.”
(NIV)
‘“Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbour frankly so that you will not share in their guilt.
“You shall not
hate your
brother in your
heart, but you shall
reason frankly with your
neighbor,
lest you
incur sin because of him.
(NIV)
‘“If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
And
if in
spite of this you will not
listen to me, then I will
discipline you
again sevenfold for your
sins,
(NIV)
‘“If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile towards me,
“And if by
this discipline you are not
turned to me but
walk contrary to me,
(NIV)
then in my anger I will be hostile towards you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.
then I will
walk contrary to you in
fury, and I
myself will
discipline you
sevenfold for your
sins.
(NIV)
From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
Out
of heaven he let you
hear his
voice, that he might
discipline you. And
on earth he let you
see his
great fire, and you
heard his
words out of the
midst of the
fire.
(NIV)
Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the
Lord your God disciplines you.
Know then in your
heart that, as a
man disciplines his
son, the
Lord your
God disciplines you.
(NIV)
Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the
Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;
And
consider today (
since I am
not speaking to your
children who have
not known or seen it), consider the
discipline of the
Lord your
God,
his
greatness,
his
mighty hand and his
outstretched arm,
(NIV)
If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
“
If a
man has a
stubborn and
rebellious son who will
not obey the
voice of his
father or the
voice of his
mother, and, though they
discipline him, will
not listen to them,
(NIV)
and the elders shall take the man and punish him.
Then the
elders of that
city shall
take the
man and
whip him,
(NIV)
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.
I will be to him a
father, and he shall be to me a
son. When he
commits iniquity,
I will
discipline him with the
rod of
men, with the
stripes of the
sons of
men,
(NIV)
‘Go and tell David, “This is what the
Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.”’
“
Go and
say to
David, ‘Thus
says the
Lord,
Three things I
offer you.
Choose one of them, that I may
do it to you.’”
(NIV)
My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”’
And
now, whereas my
father laid on you a
heavy yoke, I will
add to your
yoke. My
father disciplined you with
whips, but I will
discipline you with
scorpions.’”
(NIV)
he followed the advice of the young men and said, ‘My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’
he
spoke to them according to the
counsel of the
young men,
saying,
“My
father made your
yoke heavy, but I will
add to your
yoke. My
father disciplined you with
whips, but I will
discipline you with
scorpions.”
(NIV)
It may be that the
Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the
Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.’
It may
be that the
Lord your
God heard all the
words of the
Rabshakeh, whom his
master the
king of
Assyria has
sent to
mock the
living God, and will
rebuke the
words that the
Lord your
God has
heard; therefore lift
up your
prayer for the
remnant that is
left.”
(NIV)
David went out to meet them and said to them, ‘If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.’
David went out to
meet them and
said to them, “
If you have
come to me in
friendship to
help me, my
heart will be
joined to you; but
if to
betray me to my
adversaries, although there is
no wrong in my
hands, then may the
God of our
fathers see and
rebuke you.”
(NIV)
Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skilful at it.
Chenaniah,
leader of the
Levites in
music, should
direct the
music,
for he
understood it.
(NIV)
He allowed no one to oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:
he
allowed no one to
oppress them;
he
rebuked kings on their
account,
(NIV)
My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”’
And
now, whereas my
father laid on you a
heavy yoke, I will
add to your
yoke. My
father disciplined you with
whips, but I will discipline you with
scorpions.’”
(NIV)
he followed the advice of the young men and said, ‘My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’
King Rehoboam
spoke to them according to the
counsel of the
young men,
saying, “My
father made your
yoke heavy, but I will
add to it. My father
disciplined you with
whips, but I will discipline you with
scorpions.”
(NIV)
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Behold, you have
instructed many,
and you have
strengthened the
weak hands.
(NIV)
‘Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
“
Behold,
blessed is the
one whom
God reproves;
therefore
despise not the
discipline of the
Almighty.
(NIV)
How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments prove?
How forceful are
upright words!
But
what does
reproof from you
reprove?
(NIV)
Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?
Do you
think that you can
reprove words,
when the
speech of a
despairing man is
wind?
(NIV)
If only there were someone to mediate between us,
someone to bring us together,
There is no
arbiter between us,
who might
lay his
hand on us
both.
(NIV)
He takes off the shackles put on by kings
and ties a loincloth round their waist.
He looses the
bonds of
kings and
binds a
waistcloth on their
hips.
(NIV)
But I desire to speak to the Almighty
and to argue my case with God.
But I would
speak to the
Almighty,
and I
desire to
argue my case with
God.
(NIV)
He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.
He will
surely rebuke you
if in
secret you
show partiality.
(NIV)
Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;
I will surely defend my ways to his face.
Though he
slay me, I will
hope in him;
yet I will
argue my
ways to his
face.
(NIV)
Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?
Should he
argue in
unprofitable talk,
or in
words with which he can do no
good?
(NIV)
on behalf of a man he pleads with God
as one pleads for a friend.
that he would
argue the case of a
man with
God,
as a
son of
man does with his
neighbor.
(NIV)
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
If indeed you
magnify yourselves
against me
and make my
disgrace an
argument against me,
(NIV)
I hear a rebuke that dishonours me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
I
hear censure that
insults me,
and
out of my
understanding a
spirit answers me.
(NIV)
‘Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
Is it for your
fear of him that he
reproves you
and
enters into
judgment with you?
(NIV)
There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered for ever from my judge.
There an
upright man could
argue with him,
and I would be
acquitted forever by my
judge.
(NIV)
I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
none of you has answered his arguments.
I gave you my
attention,
and,
behold, there was
none among you who
refuted Job or who
answered his
words.
(NIV)
he may speak in their ears
and terrify them with warnings,
then he
opens the
ears of
men and
terrifies them with
warnings,
(NIV)
‘Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain
with constant distress in their bones,
“Man is also
rebuked with
pain on his
bed and with continual
strife in his
bones,
(NIV)
He makes them listen to correction
and commands them to repent of their evil.
He
opens their
ears to
instruction and
commands that they
return from iniquity.
(NIV)
‘Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!’
“Shall a
faultfinder contend with the
Almighty?
He who
argues with
God, let him
answer it.”
(NIV)
Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
Now therefore, O
kings, be
wise;
be
warned, O
rulers of the
earth.
(NIV)
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
(NIV)
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
(ESV)
O
Lord,
rebuke me
not in your
anger,
nor discipline me in your
wrath.
(NIV)
I will praise the
Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I
bless the
Lord who gives me
counsel;
in the
night also my
heart instructs me.
(NIV)
A psalm of David. A petition.
(ESV)
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
(NIV)
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
(ESV)
O
Lord,
rebuke me not in your
anger,
nor
discipline me in your
wrath!
(NIV)
When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,
you consume their wealth like a moth –
surely everyone is but a breath.
When you
discipline a
man with
rebukes for
sin,
you
consume like a
moth what is
dear to him;
surely all mankind is a mere
breath!
Selah
(NIV)
I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
Not for your
sacrifices do I
rebuke you;
your
burnt offerings are
continually before me.
(NIV)
You hate my instruction
and cast my words behind you.
For you
hate discipline,
and you
cast my
words behind you.
(NIV)
When you did these things and I kept silent,
you thought I was exactly like you.
But I now arraign you
and set my accusations before you.
These
things you have
done, and I have been
silent;
you
thought that I was one like yourself.
But now I
rebuke you and lay the
charge before you.
(NIV)
Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
He who
disciplines the
nations, does he
not rebuke?
He who
teaches man knowledge—
(NIV)
Blessed is the one you discipline,
Lord,
the one you teach from your law;
Blessed is the
man whom you
discipline, O
Lord,
and whom you
teach out of your
law,
(NIV)
He allowed no one to oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:
he
allowed no one to
oppress them;
he
rebuked kings on their account,
(NIV)
The
Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
The
Lord has
disciplined me
severely,
but he has
not given me over to
death.
(NIV)
Let a righteous man strike me – that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me – that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
Let a
righteous man strike me—it is a
kindness;
let him
rebuke me—it is
oil for my
head;
let my
head not refuse it.
Yet my
prayer is
continually against their
evil deeds.
(NIV)
for gaining wisdom and instruction;
for understanding words of insight;
To
know wisdom and
instruction,
to
understand words of
insight,
(NIV)
for receiving instruction in prudent behaviour,
doing what is right and just and fair;
to
receive instruction in
wise dealing,
in
righteousness,
justice, and
equity;
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