Bible Cross References
Reprove
Proverbs 23:9
Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it.
Proverbs 29:1
If you get more stubborn every time you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover.
Numbers 14:6-10
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And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow
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and said to the people, "The land we explored is an excellent land.
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If the LORD is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.
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Do not rebel against the LORD and don't be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. The LORD is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them; so don't be afraid."
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The whole community was threatening to stone them to death, but suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of the LORD's presence appear over the Tent.
1 Kings 22:8
Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.
Matthew 7:6
"Do not give what is holy to dogs---they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs---they will only trample them underfoot.
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."
Hebrews 6:4-8
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For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God's light; they tasted heaven's gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit;
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they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age.
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And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.
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God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated.
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But if it grows thorns and weeds, it is worth nothing; it is in danger of being cursed by God and will be destroyed by fire.
rebuke
Proverbs 13:18
Someone who will not learn will be poor and disgraced. Anyone who listens to correction is respected.
Proverbs 28:23
Correct someone, and afterward he will appreciate it more than flattery.
Leviticus 19:17
"Do not bear a grudge against others, but settle your differences with them, so that you will not commit a sin because of them.
2 Samuel 12:7-14
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"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.
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I gave you his kingdom and his wives; I made you king over Israel and Judah. If this had not been enough, I would have given you twice as much.
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Why, then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife!
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Now, in every generation some of your descendants will die a violent death because you have disobeyed me and have taken Uriah's wife.
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I swear to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble on you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another man; and he will have intercourse with them in broad daylight.
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You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.' "
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"I have sinned against the LORD," David said. Nathan replied, "The LORD forgives you; you will not die.
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But because you have shown such contempt for the LORD in doing this, your child will die."
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
Then King David sent for Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah. When they came in,
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.
Galatians 2:11-14
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But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him in public, because he was clearly wrong.
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Before some men who had been sent by James arrived there, Peter had been eating with the Gentile believers. But after these men arrived, he drew back and would not eat with the Gentiles, because he was afraid of those who were in favor of circumcising them.
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The other Jewish believers also started acting like cowards along with Peter; and even Barnabas was swept along by their cowardly action.
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When I saw that they were not walking a straight path in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you have been living like a Gentile, not like a Jew. How, then, can you try to force Gentiles to live like Jews?"
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.