He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 27:5
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 27:6
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_10 12:7
Nathan replied to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_11 1:23
and it was announced to the king, "Nathan the prophet is here." He came into the king's presence and bowed to him with his face to the ground.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_11 1:32-40
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King David then said, "Call in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada for me." So they came into the king's presence.
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The king said to them, "Take my servants with you, have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon.
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There, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram's horn and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
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You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah."
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" Amen," Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. "May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.
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Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David."
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Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and took him to Gihon.
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Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram's horn, and all the people proclaimed, "Long live King Solomon!"
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All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 141:5
Let the righteous one strike me-- it is [an act of] faithful love; let him rebuke me-- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_61 3:15
Also, regard the patience of our Lord as [an opportunity for] salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_61 3:16
He speaks about these things in all his letters, in which there are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.
