Psalms 141:5
5 aLet 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 bmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 9:8
8 cDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;dreprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 13:13
13Whoever edespises fthe word brings destruction on himself,but he who reveres the commandment will be grewarded.
Proverbs 15:31-32
31 hThe ear that listens to ilife-giving reproofwill dwell among the wise.
32Whoever jignores instruction kdespises himself,
but he who listens to reproof lgains intelligence.
Proverbs 17:10
10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understandingthan a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 27:6
6Faithful are mthe wounds of a friend;profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Revelation of John 3:19
19 nThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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