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rebuke

Meaning of “rebuke”

1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

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46 occurrences44 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 19:17

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Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 104:7 · retained source text

At thy rebuke they fled: at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 9:8 · retained source text

Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.

1611 marginal noteMat.7.16.

Proverbs 13:1
A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 13:1 · retained source text

¶ A wise sonne heareth his fathers instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 13:8 · retained source text

The ransome of a mans life are his riches: but the poore heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 24:25
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 24:25 · retained source text

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come vpon them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a blessing of good.

Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 7:5 · retained source text

It is better to heare the rebuke of the wise, then for a man to heare the song of fooles.

1611 marginal notePro.13.18 & 15.31.32

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 2:4 · retained source text

And hee shall iudge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes: nation shall not lift vp sword against nation, neither shall they learne warre any more.

1611 marginal noteOr, sythes.

Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 17:13 · retained source text

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlewind.

1611 marginal noteOr, thistledowne.

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