14 Bible Verses about Constructive Criticism

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 15:31-32 ESV / 19 helpful votes

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

Luke 17:3 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

1 Timothy 5:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Psalm 113:1-9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised! The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, ...

Titus 1:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 15:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Genesis 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

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