TOPICAL STUDY REPROOF LEV 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. PSA 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. PRO 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. PRO 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. PRO 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. PRO 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. PRO 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. PRO 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. PRO 15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. PRO 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. PRO 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. PRO 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. PRO 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. PRO 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. PRO 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. PRO 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. PRO 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. PRO 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. PRO 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. PRO 28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. ECC 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. AMO 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. MAT 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. MAT 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. MAT 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. LUK 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. LUK 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. JOH 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. GAL 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? EPH 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: EPH 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. EPH 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. PHI 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 1TH 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 1TI 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 1TI 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 1TI 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 2TI 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. TIT 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; HEB 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. REV 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. ============================== THE LECTRONIC IBRARY ECHANGE P.O. BOX 19454 DENVER, COLORADO 80219 BBS: 303-935-6323 FIDONET: 1:104/810.0 THENET: 8:7703/11.0 End Of File