reprove

It may be, the LORD thy God will heare all the words of Rabshakeh whome the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproch the liuing God, and will reprooue the wordes which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

1611 marginal noteHeb. found.

How forcible are right wordes? but what doeth your arguing reproue?

Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde?

He will surely reprooue you, if yee doe secretly accept persons.

Will hee reproue thee for feare of thee? will he enter with thee into iudgment?

I will not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, to haue bene continually before me.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy selfe: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Let the righteous smite mee, it shalbe a kindnesse: and let him reprooue me, it shalbe an excellent oile, which shall not breake my head: for yet my prayer also shalbe in their calamities.

1611 marginal noteOr, let the righteous smite mee kindly, and reproue me, let not their precious oile breake my head, &c.

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

1611 marginal noteMat.7.16.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprooue one that hath vnderstanding, and he will vnderstand knowledge.

1611 marginal noteHeb. will be cunning.

1611 marginal noteChap.21.11.