What Does the Bible Say About Reprove Rebuke Exhort?

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

1 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

Colossians 1:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

2 Timothy 4:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

2 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Romans 1:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Revelation 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

Hebrews 9:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Titus 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Titus 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

2 Timothy 4:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

2 Timothy 2:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

1 Timothy 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Romans 14:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Luke 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

Luke 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Matthew 7:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

40 Bible Verses about Reprove Rebuke Exhort

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 9:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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