Ecclesiastes 7:5

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

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.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,

Because he has despised Yahweh’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’ ”

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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

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

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

“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.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet. His disease was exceedingly great: yet in his disease he didn’t seek Yahweh, but just the physicians.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;

for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

When Jehudi had read three or four leaves, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh; “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.

but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

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

Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

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

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’

“ ‘ “But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”

But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.