REPROOF Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. LEV 19:17 "'Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt. PSA 141:5 Let a righteous man strike me--it is a kindness; let him rebuke me--it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it. Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers; PRO 9:7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. 8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. 10:17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 13:18 He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 15:5 A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. 10 Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die. 12 A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise. 31 He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise. 32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding. 17:10 A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool. 19:25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge. 21:11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge. 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear. 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. 27:5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. 28:23 He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue. ECC 7:5 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. AMO 5:10 you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth. MAT 18:15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. LUK 17:3 So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him." JOH 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. GAL 4:16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? EPH 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, PHI 3:1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 1TH 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 1TI 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 20 Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning. 2TI 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. TIT 1:13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith HEB 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. REV 11:10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. Bible Bulletin Board internet: www.biblebb.com modem: 609-324-9187 Box 318 Columbus, NJ 08022 ....online since 1986 Sysop/Webmaster: Tony Capoccia