Proverbs 27:6

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.

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.

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.

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

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;

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

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.

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;

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”

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.

All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

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.

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

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.

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

Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

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.”

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

“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.

But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”

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

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

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.

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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.

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

His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

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

Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.

When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

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.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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.”

Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.”

They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

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

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

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.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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