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Proverbs 9:8
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

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Proverbs 9:7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Matthew 7:6
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

2 Chronicles 25:16
As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Proverbs 13:1
A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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

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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

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.

Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

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