Bible Cross References
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 27:5
Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
Proverbs 27:6
Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder---watch out!
2 Samuel 12:7
"You are that man," Nathan said to David. "And this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.
1 Kings 1:23
The king was told that the prophet was there, and Nathan went in and bowed low before the king.
1 Kings 1:32-40
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Then King David sent for Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah. When they came in,
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he said to them, "Take my court officials with you; have my son Solomon ride my own mule, and escort him down to Gihon Spring,
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where Zadok and Nathan are to anoint him as king of Israel. Then blow the trumpet and shout, 'Long live King Solomon!'
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Follow him back here when he comes to sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king, because he is the one I have chosen to be the ruler of Israel and Judah."
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"It shall be done," answered Benaiah, "and may the LORD your God confirm it!
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As the LORD has been with Your Majesty, may he also be with Solomon and make his reign even more prosperous than yours."
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So Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and the royal bodyguards put Solomon on King David's mule and escorted him to Gihon Spring.
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Zadok took the container of olive oil which he had brought from the Tent of the LORD's presence, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet, and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!"
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Then they all followed him back, shouting for joy and playing flutes, making enough noise to shake the ground.
Psalm 141:5
Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness, but I will never accept honor from evil people, because I am always praying against their evil deeds.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.
Galatians 2:11
But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him in public, because he was clearly wrong.
2 Peter 3:15
Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him.
2 Peter 3:16
This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.