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Proverbs 28:23
The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
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Job 29:16-18
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.“ Then I thought,‘ I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
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Nehemiah 5:7-9
I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them,“ Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!” Because of them I called for a great public assembly.I said to them,“ To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.Then I said,“ The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?
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Nehemiah 13:28
Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.
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1 Samuel 3 13
You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
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2 Timothy 4 2
Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
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Nehemiah 13:17
So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them,“ What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
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Leviticus 19:17
You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
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Nehemiah 13:25
So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying,“ You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
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Titus 1:13
Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith
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Nehemiah 13:8-11
I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking“ Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions.
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Titus 2:15
So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.
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1 Timothy 5 20
Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.
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1 Kings 21 19-1 Kings 21 20
Say to him,‘ This is what the LORD says:“ Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him,‘ This is what the LORD says:“ In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood– yes, yours!”’”When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,“ So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied,“ I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Matthew 14:4
because John had repeatedly told him,“ It is not lawful for you to have her.”