94 Bible Verses about Rebuke (KJV)

Here are 94 Bible verses about rebuke, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Revelation 3:19 KJV

¹⁹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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2 Timothy 4:2 KJV

²Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

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Proverbs 1:23 KJV

²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

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Luke 17:3-4 KJV

³Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

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Proverbs 12:1 KJV

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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1 Timothy 5:20 KJV

²⁰Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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Galatians 6:1 KJV

¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Leviticus 19:17 KJV

¹⁷Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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Titus 2:15 KJV

¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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James 5:20 KJV

²⁰Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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1 Corinthians 5:11-13 KJV

¹¹But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. ¹²For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? ¹³But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves …

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Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

¹⁷The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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1 Timothy 5:1 KJV

¹Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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Isaiah 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Proverbs 17:10 KJV

¹⁰A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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Matthew 18:15 KJV

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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Proverbs 10:17 KJV

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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1 Timothy 4:2 KJV

²Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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Proverbs 27:5 KJV

⁵Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: ¹²For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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Leviticus 19:17-18 KJV

¹⁷Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. ¹⁸Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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Philippians 2:14-16 KJV

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; ¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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Matthew 18:15-17 KJV

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear …

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James 1:5 KJV

⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Proverbs 13:8 KJV

⁸The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹²For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Luke 17:3 KJV

³Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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Proverbs 13:1 KJV

¹A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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1 Corinthians 5:12 KJV

¹²For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

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Proverbs 29:15 KJV

¹⁵The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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James 1:2 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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Mark 16:14 KJV

¹⁴Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

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Jude 1:9 KJV

⁹Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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Titus 1:13 KJV

¹³This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

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Proverbs 27:6 KJV

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Proverbs 9:8-9 KJV

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Isaiah 1:2 KJV

²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

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Proverbs 10:2 KJV

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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Leviticus 19:2 KJV

²Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

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Zechariah 3:2 KJV

²And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

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Matthew 17:18 KJV

¹⁸And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Proverbs 9:8 KJV

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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Micah 4:3 KJV

³And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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Isaiah 25:8 KJV

⁸He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Isaiah 2:4 KJV

⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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Psalm 119:21 KJV

²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

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Matthew 16:23 KJV

²³But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

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Ephesians 5:11 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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Ezekiel 33:8-9 KJV

⁸When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

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Ephesians 6:10-18 KJV

¹⁰Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. ¹¹Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. …

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Proverbs 28:23 KJV

²³He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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2 Timothy 2:24-25 KJV

²⁴And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, ²⁵In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

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1 Timothy 5:19-20 KJV

¹⁹Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. ²⁰Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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Ephesians 6:12 KJV

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Luke 9:42 KJV

⁴²And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

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Matthew 7:1 KJV

¹Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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Malachi 3:11 KJV

¹¹And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Ecclesiastes 7:5 KJV

⁵It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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1 Timothy 5:1-2 KJV

¹Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; ²The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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Galatians 2:11-14 KJV

¹¹But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. ¹²For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. ¹³And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. …

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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John 16:24 KJV

²⁴Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Matthew 4:1-11 KJV

¹Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. ³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by …

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Proverbs 25:12 KJV

¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV

⁴In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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Ezekiel 3:18 KJV

¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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1 John 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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Hebrews 12:2 KJV

²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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2 Timothy 3:7 KJV

⁷Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5 KJV

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) ⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Mark 9:25 KJV

²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

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Matthew 18:15-20 KJV

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Ezekiel 3:16-21 KJV

¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ¹⁷Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. ¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same …

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Psalm 80:16 KJV

¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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Jude 1:3 KJV

³Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 KJV

¹⁴And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. ¹⁵Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Galatians 2:11 KJV

¹¹But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

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Luke 4:41 KJV

⁴¹And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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John 8:31-32 KJV

³¹Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; ³²And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 7:13-14 KJV

¹³Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: ¹⁴Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Jeremiah 17:10 KJV

¹⁰I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Isaiah 50:2 KJV

²Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV

¹⁷The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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Proverbs 3:12 KJV

¹²For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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Psalm 104:7 KJV

⁷At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

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