1 Chronicles 21:3-6
21:3 Joab replied, “May the
Lord make his army
a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”
21:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite Joab’s objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.
21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.
21:6 Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.
Proverbs 9:8-9
9:8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you;
reprove a wise person and he will love you.
9:9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still;
teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 12:1
12:1 The one who loves discipline loves knowledge,
but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
Proverbs 25:12
25:12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold,
so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
Proverbs 27:5
27:5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
Jonah 1:6
1:6 The ship’s captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep?
Get up! Cry out
to your god! Perhaps your god
might take notice of us
so that we might not die!”
Revelation 3:19
3:19 All those
I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!