Proverbs 27:5
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5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.(A)
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.(A)
1 Timothy 5:20
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20 As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest also may stand in fear.(A)
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Galatians 2:14
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14 But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the gentiles to live like Jews?”[a](A)
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- 2.14 Some interpreters hold that the quotation extends into the following paragraph
Matthew 18:15
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Reproving Another Who Sins
15 “If your brother or sister sins against you,[a] go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.(A)
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- 18.15 Other ancient authorities lack against you
Leviticus 19:17
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17 “You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.(A)
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