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rebuke quotes

  • A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Proverbs13:1.

  • Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemyare deceitful.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Proverbs 27:5^6.

  • He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord Gwill wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the L hath spoken it.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    OD ORDIsaiah 25:8.

  • Thy rebukehath brokenmy heart;Iam full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

    -Book of Common Prayer
    Psalm 69:21^2.

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