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Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person than to listen to the song of fools,
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted.
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Proverbs 25:12
A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
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Proverbs 6:23
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
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Galatians 2:11-14
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone,“ If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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Proverbs 19:25
Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson; rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.
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Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
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2 Chronicles 25 16
While he was still speaking to him, the king asked,“ Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?” So the prophet stopped, but he said,“ I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”
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Proverbs 27:5-6
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
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1 Samuel 25 31-1 Samuel 25 34
there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”Then David said to Abigail,“ Praise to the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any men left by morning light.”
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Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.
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Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.
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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.
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Psalms 51:18
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build the walls of Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 16 7-2 Chronicles 16 10
At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him,“ Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on Yahweh, He handed them over to you.For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.
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Psalms 125:4
Do what is good, Lord, to the good, to those whose hearts are upright.
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James 5:14-16
Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
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2 Samuel 12 7-2 Samuel 12 13
Nathan replied to David,“ You are the man! This is what the Lord 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, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife— you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’“ This is what the Lord says,‘ I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them publicly.You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.’”David responded to Nathan,“ I have sinned against the Lord.” Then Nathan replied to David,“ The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.
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2 Timothy 1 16-2 Timothy 1 18
May the Lord grant 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 diligently searched for me and found me.May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.
