Proverbs 24:25

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But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:23 : 23 The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
  • Matt 14:4 : 4 because John had repeatedly told him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.”
  • 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith
  • Titus 2:15 : 15 So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19-20 : 19 Say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood– yes, yours!”’” 20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,“So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied,“I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Neh 5:7-9 : 7 I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them,“Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!” Because of them I called for a great public assembly. 8 I said to them,“To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. 9 Then I said,“The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?
  • Neh 13:8-9 : 8 I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom. 9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense. 10 I also discovered that the portions for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. 11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking,“Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions.
  • Neh 13:17 : 17 So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them,“What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
  • Neh 13:25 : 25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying,“You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
  • Neh 13:28 : 28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.
  • Job 29:16-18 : 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth. 18 Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

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    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

  • Prov 24:26
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    26Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.

  • Prov 9:7-8
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    7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

    8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 3:12
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    12For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 16:13
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    13The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 21:15
    71%

    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • Prov 25:12
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    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 27:5
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    5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

  • Amos 5:10
    71%

    10The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!

  • Ps 109:17
    70%

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

  • Ps 109:28
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    28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

  • Prov 12:1-2
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    1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 14:34-35
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    14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

  • Job 13:10
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    10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

  • Prov 10:17
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    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Ps 119:21
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    21You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

  • Prov 11:26-27
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    26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

  • Deut 25:2
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    2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

  • Isa 29:24
    69%

    24Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

  • Job 8:21
    69%

    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Job 6:25
    68%

    25How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?