Ecclesiastes 7:5
"It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools."
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- Proverbs 15:31
"The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 141:5
"Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. me;"
Read in chapter → - Revelation 3:19
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:10
"A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:18
"Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 9:8
"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 27:6
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 69:12
"They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:13
"Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded."
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