There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; whoever hates reproof will die.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you. I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”
would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”
Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.”
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