A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse i