Reproof and Correction
3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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