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Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools. (niv)
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. (niv)
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Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear. (niv)
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Proverbs 6:23
For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life, (niv)
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Galatians 2:11-14
When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“ You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? (niv)
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Proverbs 19:25
Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge. (niv)
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Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 25 16
While he was still speaking, the king said to him,“ Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said,“ I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.” (niv)
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Proverbs 27:5-6
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (niv)
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1 Samuel 25 31-1 Samuel 25 34
my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”David said to Abigail,“ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.” (niv)
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Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, (niv)
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Proverbs 15:5
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. (niv)
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Proverbs 9:8-9
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. (niv)
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Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. (niv)
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Psalms 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (niv)
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Psalms 51:18
May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 16 7-2 Chronicles 16 10
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him:“ Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people. (niv)
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Psalms 125:4
Lord, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart. (niv)
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James 5:14-16
Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (niv)
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2 Samuel 12 7-2 Samuel 12 13
Then Nathan said to David,“ You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:‘ I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”Then David said to Nathan,“ I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied,“ The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. (niv)
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2 Timothy 1 16-2 Timothy 1 18
May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. (niv)
