Psalm 141:5
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5 (A)Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet (B)my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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5 It is (A)better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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Galatians 6:1
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Bear One Another's Burdens
6 Brothers,[a] (A)if anyone is caught in any transgression, (B)you who are spiritual should restore him in (C)a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
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- Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18
Proverbs 27:5-6
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5 (A)Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are (B)the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 25:12
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Proverbs 19:25
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25 (A)Strike (B)a scoffer, and the simple will (C)learn prudence;
(D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Galatians 2:11-14
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Paul Opposes Peter
11 But (A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (B)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (C)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (D)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (E)conduct was not in step with (F)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (G)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (H)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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- Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
Proverbs 15:5
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Proverbs 9:8-9
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8 (A)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
(B)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (C)still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will (D)increase in learning.
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- Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction
Proverbs 6:23
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23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
2 Chronicles 25:16
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16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that (A)God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
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1 Samuel 25:31-34
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31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord (A)working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 And David said to Abigail, (B)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, (C)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt (D)and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely (E)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (F)who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
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James 5:14-16
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14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, (A)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And (B)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, (C)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (D)that you may be healed. (E)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]
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- James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
Psalm 125:4
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Psalm 51:18
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Psalm 23:5
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5 You (A)prepare a table before me
in (B)the presence of my enemies;
you (C)anoint my head with oil;
my (D)cup overflows.
2 Chronicles 16:7-10
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7 At that time (A)Hanani (B)the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, (C)“Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. 8 Were not (D)the Ethiopians and (E)the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet (F)because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand. 9 (G)For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those (H)whose heart is blameless[a] toward him. (I)You have done foolishly in this, for from now on (J)you will have wars.” 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him (K)in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
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- 2 Chronicles 16:9 Or whole
2 Samuel 12:7-13
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7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, (A)‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. 9 (B)Why have you despised the word of the Lord, (C)to do what is evil in his sight? (D)You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and (E)have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, (F)but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” 13 (G)David said to Nathan, (H)“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, (I)“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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2 Timothy 1:16-18
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16 May the Lord grant mercy to (A)the household of Onesiphorus, for he often (B)refreshed me and was not ashamed of (C)my chains, 17 but when he arrived in Rome (D)he searched for me earnestly and found me— 18 may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on (E)that day!—and you well know all the service he (F)rendered at Ephesus.
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Matthew 5:44
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44 But I say to you, (A)Love your enemies and (B)pray for those who persecute you,
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Proverbs 15:22
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22 (A)Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.
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