- Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
- If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.
- Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
- The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
but a poor man hears no threat. - If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you. - You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
- Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but he who rejects reproof leads others astray. - Learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause. - My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights. - Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid. - A fool despises his father's instruction,
but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
- The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing. - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
- Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life.
The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.