Reproofs, Rebukes and Exhortations

Lev 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.



Prov 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Prov 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Prov 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Prov 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Eccl 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Lk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.


Reprove:
Websters: To scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent; to express disapproval of; censure; convince, convict; admonish, rebuke
Strongs: to show to be right, prove; to correct, rebuke; to be chastened; to reason, reason together

Rebuke:
Websters: to criticize sharply; reprimand
Strongs: to convict, refute, confute; generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted; by conviction to bring to the light, to expose; to find fault with, correct; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove; to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation; to chasten, to punish; to show honour to, to honour; to raise the price of; to adjudge, award, in the sense of merited penalty; to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely; to admonish or charge sharply

Exhort:
Websters: to incite by argument or advice; urge strongly; to give warnings or advice; make urgent appeals
Strongs: to call to one's side, call for, summon; to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction; to admonish, exhort; to beg, entreat, beseech; to strive to appease by entreaty; to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort; to receive consolation, be comforted; to encourage, strengthen; exhorting and comforting and encouraging; to instruct, teach

Longsuffering:
Websters: long and patient endurance of offense
Strongs: patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs; to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles; to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish


This is certainly not an illustration of 'live and let live'. I, obviously, am 'my brothers keeper' and am responsible for the instruction that I give and also receive. We need to work on this, because most of us are unwilling to do either. We can call sin by it's rightful name and in doing so may save ourselves and our brother.