Proverbs 9:8
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 9:8Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
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Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.
“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
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.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”
He answered, “I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments, and you have followed the Baals.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
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.
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.
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
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.
I will punish him, his offspring, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn’t listen.” ’ ”
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
“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.
But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
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.
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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.
Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’ ”
Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.
He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”
But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
“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.
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
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.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.