How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof,

and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; whoever hates reproof will die.

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Habakkuk's Second Complaint

Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,