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Definition and Usage:
Rebuke, in biblical terms, refers to the act of expressing sharp disapproval or criticism of someone because of their behavior or actions. It is a corrective measure intended to bring about repentance, change, or improvement. The concept of rebuke is prevalent throughout the Bible, serving as a tool for maintaining righteousness and order within the community of believers.

Old Testament Context:
In the Old Testament, rebuke is often associated with God's correction of His people. It is seen as an expression of His love and desire for them to return to the right path. For instance, in Proverbs 3:11-12 , it is written, "My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights." Here, rebuke is linked with divine discipline, emphasizing its role in spiritual growth and maturity.

Prophets frequently delivered rebukes to the Israelites, calling them to repentance and warning them of the consequences of their disobedience. In Isaiah 1:18-20 , the prophet Isaiah conveys God's rebuke and invitation: "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

New Testament Context:
In the New Testament, rebuke continues to play a significant role in the life of the church and individual believers. Jesus Himself used rebuke as a means of correction and instruction. In Matthew 16:23 , Jesus rebukes Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." This rebuke was intended to correct Peter's misunderstanding of Jesus' mission and to align his thinking with God's purposes.

The apostle Paul also emphasizes the importance of rebuke within the church. In 2 Timothy 4:2 , he instructs Timothy, "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and careful instruction." Here, rebuke is part of the pastoral duty to guide and protect the flock from false teachings and moral failings.

Purpose and Principles:
Rebuke, when administered biblically, is not meant to be harsh or punitive but rather restorative and loving. It aims to bring about repentance and reconciliation. In Galatians 6:1 , Paul advises, "Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted." This highlights the need for humility and self-awareness when delivering a rebuke.

Furthermore, rebuke should be based on truth and righteousness, not personal grievances or preferences. In 1 Timothy 5:20 , Paul instructs, "But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear." This public rebuke serves as a warning to others and upholds the integrity of the church.

Conclusion:
Rebuke is a vital aspect of biblical teaching and community life, serving as a means of correction and growth. It reflects God's love and desire for His people to live in holiness and truth. When administered with wisdom, humility, and love, rebuke can lead to repentance, restoration, and a deeper relationship with God.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.

2. (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.

3. (n.) Check; rebuff.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REBUKE

re-buk': As a verb "rebuke" is in the Old Testament the translation of ga`ar and yakhach; another word, ribh, in Nehemiah 5:7, is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "contended with." "Rebuke" (noun) is most frequently the translation of ge`arah; also in the King James Version of cherpah (Isaiah 25:8 Jeremiah 15:15, the Revised Version (British and American) "reproach"), and of a few other words signifying reproach, etc. "Rebuker" (mucar, literally, "correction," "chastisement") in Hosea 5:2 has the Revised Version margin "Hebrew `rebuke.' " In the New Testament "to rebuke" is most often the translation of epitimao (Matthew 8:26; Matthew 16:22; Matthew 17:18, etc.); also in the King James Version of elegcho, always in the Revised Version (British and American) rendered "reprove" (1 Timothy 5:20 Titus 1:13; Titus 2:15 Hebrews 12:5 Revelation 3:19). Another word is epipletto (once, 1 Timothy 5:1); "without rebuke" in Philippians 2:15 is in the Revised Version (British and American) "without blemish." On the other hand, the Revised Version (British and American) has "rebuke" for several words in the King James Version, as for "reprove" (2 Kings 19:4 Isaiah 37:4), "reproof" (Job 26:11 Proverbs 17:10), "charged" (Mark 10:48). In Isaiah 2:4 Micah 4:3, the English Revised Version has "reprove" for "rebuke," and in the margin "decide concerning," which is text in the American Standard Revised Version. In Ecclesiasticus 11:7 we have the wise counsel: "Understand first, and then rebuke" (epitimao).

W. L. Walker

Greek

1969. epiplesso -- to strike at, to rebuke (with words)
... to strike at, to rebuke (with words). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epiplesso
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-place'-so) Short Definition: I rebuke, chide ...
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1649b. elegxis -- rebuke
... elegxis. 1650 . rebuke. Transliteration: elegxis Short Definition: rebuke. Word
Origin from elegcho Definition rebuke NASB Word Usage rebuke (1). 1649a, 1649b ...
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2008. epitimao -- to honor, to mete out due measure, hence to ...
... due measure, hence to censure. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epitimao Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-ee-tee-mah'-o) Short Definition: I rebuke, chide, admonish ...
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1649. elegxis -- reproof
... reproof. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: elegxis Phonetic Spelling:
(el'-eng-xis) Short Definition: rebuke, reproof, refutation Definition ...
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1651. elegcho -- to expose, convict, reprove
... to expose, convict, reprove. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: elegcho Phonetic
Spelling: (el-eng'-kho) Short Definition: I rebuke, expose Definition: (a) I ...
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176. akatagnostos -- not to be condemned, beyond reproach
... akatagnostos Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-ag'-noce-tos) Short Definition: uncondemned,
unimpeachable Definition: not open to just rebuke; irreprehensible. ...
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3559. nouthesia -- admonition
... admonition. From nous and a derivative of tithemi; calling attention to, ie (by
implication) mild rebuke or warning -- admonition. see GREEK nous. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4045. migereth -- a rebuke
... 4044, 4045. migereth. 4046 . a rebuke. Transliteration: migereth Phonetic
Spelling: (mig-eh'-reth) Short Definition: rebuke. Word ...
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1605. gaar -- to rebuke
... 1604, 1605. gaar. 1606 . to rebuke. Transliteration: gaar Phonetic Spelling:
(gaw-ar') Short Definition: rebuke. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1606. gearah -- a rebuke
... 1605, 1606. gearah. 1607 . a rebuke. Transliteration: gearah Phonetic Spelling:
(gheh-aw-raw') Short Definition: rebuke. Word Origin ...
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3543b. kahah -- to rebuke
... kahah. 3544 . to rebuke. Transliteration: kahah Short Definition: rebuke. Word
Origin a prim. root Definition to rebuke NASB Word Usage rebuke (1). ...
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8433a. tokechah -- rebuke, correction
... 8433, 8433a. tokechah. 8433b . rebuke, correction. Transliteration: tokechah
Short Definition: rebuke. Word Origin from yakach Definition ...
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8433. towkechah -- rebuke, correction
... 8432, 8433. towkechah. 8433a . rebuke, correction. Transliteration: towkechah
Phonetic Spelling: (to-kay-khaw') Short Definition: among. ...
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2781. cherpah -- a reproach
... rebuke, reproachfully, shame. From charaph.; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda --
rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame. see HEBREW charaph. 2780, 2781. ...
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3198. yakach -- to decide, adjudge, prove
... 1), complained (1), correct (2), decide (3), dispute (1), make a decision (1), offer
reproof (1), plead (1), prove (1), reason (2), rebuke (6), rebukes (2 ...
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4148. musar -- discipline, chastening, correction
... reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening ((-eth)),
chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke. ...
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3637. kalam -- to be humiliated
... dishonored (7), embarrassed (1), feel ashamed (1), feel humiliated (1), humiliated
(10), humiliates (2), humiliating (1), insult (1), insulted (3), rebuke (1). ...
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Library

67689:67697 the Rebuke of Peter
... Strong Meat for Hungry Souls: The Gospel of St. Mark CHAPTER 8:32 - 9:1 THE REBUKE
OF PETER. ... And Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him.". . . ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 8 32 - 9 1 the.htm

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace,
... A Treatise on rebuke and grace,. by aurelius augustin, bishop of hippo; In One Book,.
addressed to valentine, and with him to the monks of adrumetum. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/a treatise on rebuke and 2.htm

Charity and Rebuke.
... CHAPTER IV. CHARITY AND REBUKE. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity."1 Corinthians 13:13. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter iv charity and rebuke.htm

Thirteenth Day. Gentleness in Rebuke.
... Thirteenth Day. GENTLENESS IN REBUKE. ... Ingratitude is too deeply felt to need rebuke!
In silent love, "He lays it on His shoulders rejoicing.". Reader! ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/thirteenth day gentleness in rebuke.htm

The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus.
... Book XII. 21. The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus. "And Peter took Him
and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be propitious to Thee. ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/21 the rebuke of peter.htm

Twelfth Day. Fidelity in Rebuke.
... Twelfth Day. FIDELITY IN REBUKE. "The Lord turned and looked upon Peter.""Luke,
xxii.61. Jesus never spake one unnecessarily harsh or severe word. ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twelfth day fidelity in rebuke.htm

John's Rebuke of Herod.
... SERMONS. XXI. JOHN'S REBUKE OF HEROD. Preached May 15, 1853. JOHN'S
REBUKE OF HEROD. "But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xxi johns rebuke of herod.htm

A Rebuke against Extortion
... After the Exile Chapter 54 A Rebuke Against Extortion. ... He repeated the message which
God had at the time sent to Israel to rebuke their cruelty and oppression. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 54 a rebuke against.htm

The Voice of Stern Rebuke
... Prophets of the Northern Kingdom Chapter 10 The Voice of Stern Rebuke. [This chapter
is based on 1 Kings 17:8-24; 28:1-19.] ... At Thy rebuke they fled; ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 10 the voice of.htm

A Treatise on Rebuke and Grace. Extract from Augustin's " ...
... a treatise on rebuke and grace. Extract from Augustin's "Retractations,". Book II.
Chap.67, On the Following Treatise,. "de correptione et gratia.". ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/a treatise on rebuke and.htm

Thesaurus

Rebuke (77 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
3. (n.) Check; rebuff. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. REBUKE. ...
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Reprove (35 Occurrences)
... re-proof', re-proov': "Reprove" in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings
("reject" "disprove" "convince," "rebuke"), with "put to the proof" (see 2 ...
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Discipline (63 Occurrences)
... live? (WEY NAS RSV NIV). Revelation 3:19 I rebuke and discipline as many
as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (DBY NAS NIV). ...
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Reviling (47 Occurrences)
... contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against
him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" (See ...
/r/reviling.htm - 21k

Joab (128 Occurrences)
... toward Absalom" (2 Samuel 14:1), and so arranges for "a wise woman" of Tekoa to
bring a supposed complaint of her own before the king, and then rebuke him for ...
/j/joab.htm - 53k

Forsaking (29 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke,
in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and ...
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Frown (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke
with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence. ...
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Reproof (29 Occurrences)
... re-proof', re-proov': "Reprove" in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings
("reject" "disprove" "convince," "rebuke"), with "put to the proof" (see 2 ...
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Rab'shakeh (14 Occurrences)
... may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of
Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words ...
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Rejection (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah,'This day is a day of trouble,
of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth ...
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Resources

When is it necessary to rebuke another believer? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to rebuke the devourer in Malachi 3:11? | GotQuestions.org

Do Christians have the authority to rebuke the devil? | GotQuestions.org

Rebuke: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Rebuke (77 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:22
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 8:32
He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:35
Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 17:3
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 18:15
They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Luke 19:39
Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 2:6
Sufficient to such a one is this rebuke which has been inflicted by the many;
(DBY)

Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
(KJV WBS)

1 Timothy 5:1
Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:13
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
(KJV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

2 Peter 2:16
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jude 1:9
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

Leviticus 19:17
"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:20
Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ruth 2:16
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity, in that he knew that his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he rebuked them not.
(Root in JPS NAS)

2 Samuel 22:16
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 19:3
They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah,'This day is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 19:4
It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:17
David went out to meet them, and answered them, "If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 11:3
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
(See NAS NIV)

Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
(See RSV NIV)

Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 6:1
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 18:15
Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 38:1
A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 39:11
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Psalms 50:8
I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 68:30
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 76:6
At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 80:16
It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 94:10
He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
(See NAS)

Psalms 104:7
At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 119:21
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
(See RSV NIV)

Proverbs 1:23
Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 1:25
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
(See NIV)

Proverbs 1:30
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:
(See NIV)

Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Proverbs 10:17
A traveller to life 'is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
(YLT)

Proverbs 13:1
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 15:31
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 24:25
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 30:6
Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
(See RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 17:13
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 37:3
They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah,'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 37:4
It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 50:2
Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
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Isaiah 54:9
"For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Isaiah 66:15
For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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Jeremiah 2:19
The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
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Jeremiah 15:15
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
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Ezekiel 3:26
and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house 'are' they.
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Ezekiel 5:15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;)
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Hosea 2:2
Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
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Hosea 5:9
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
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Micah 4:3
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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Zechariah 3:2
Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?"
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Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
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Malachi 3:11
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Armies.
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Subtopics

Rebuke

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