1Ch 21:3-6, Pro 9:8-9, 12:1, 25:12, 27:5, Jon 1:6, Rev 3:19 | ESV | STEP | But Joab said , May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not , my lord the king , all of them my lord’s servants ? Why then should my lord require this ? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel ?

n[See ver. 5 above]

1 Chronicles 21:3-6

3 But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?” 4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were ^a1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah ^b470,000 who drew the sword. 6 ^cBut he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

Proverbs 9:8-9

8 ^dDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^ereprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks instruction} to a wise man, and he will be ^gstill wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will ^hincrease in learning.

Proverbs 12:1

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who ⁱhates reproof is ^jstupid.

Proverbs 25:12

12 Like ^ka gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise reprover to ^la listening ear.

Proverbs 27:5

5 ^mBetter is open rebuke
than hidden love.

Jonah 1:6

6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, ⁿcall out to your god! ^oPerhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

Revelation of John 3:19

19 ^pThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.