reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly. From LearnThat.org. [Solon (c.640-c.558 BC)]
Verb (used with object) : to reprove a pupil for making a mistake. ,to reprove a bad decision. From Dictionary.com.
He that is to reprove is to remember, that his business is not to declaim and shew his parts, but to work a cure. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.] Reference
If He is, and we are therefore 'light in the Lord,' we shall 'reprove' or 'convict' the. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John] Reference
If 'twere a lie most certainly I should reprove it. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
Nor do I intend here to reprove him, or to lessen his glory. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
Viz., so as to imitate him but only so as to reprove his folly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
Still she didn't reprove him; she didn't seem to mind it a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
He frowned at Simon and Sordello as if to reprove them for disturbing him. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Why should he not have left that matter to some masters of policy to reprove?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 56: Ephesians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Peggy Owen Carter, who sat beside her, ate so much her little mother had to reprove her. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
"How do you know Mrs. Grinnell gave it to you?" demanded Gail, too astonished to reprove her. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
He attempted to solace the Belgians with words, but he did not reprove the murderous invaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
Dr. and Mrs. Kilton did not reprove the outbreak, but pardoned it upon the ground of excitement. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
Hatty could not reprove the children, for she herself had set the example of speaking angry words. From Wordnik.com. [Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path] Reference
How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
As if he would say: It is in vain to strive with them, or reprove them, they are so obstinate in evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 62: 2 Timothy The Challoner Revision] Reference
The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
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