יָכַח

David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”

He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,

Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

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, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

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

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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.

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

One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

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

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

A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

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

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

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.

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.