25 Bible Verses About Rebuking (ESV)

5   Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

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

6:1 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.

15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

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

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

23   If you turn at my reproof,
  behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
    I will make my words known to you.

6   Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

15   The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

8   Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9   Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”

12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?

17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.

11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”