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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
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Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.
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Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise.He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.
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1 Samuel 25 31-1 Samuel 25 34
that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my Lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my Lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my Lord, then remember your maidservant.”Then David said to Abigail:“ Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”
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Proverbs 27:5-6
Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Job 42:11
Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
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Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.
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Proverbs 9:8
Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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Proverbs 1:8-9
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.