Psa 141:5, Pro 9:8-9, 2Cor 2:9, 7:11 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

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 9:8-9

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

2 Corinthians 2:9

9 For this is why I wrote, that I might ^htest you and know ⁱwhether you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 7:11

11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, ^jwhat zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.