| Deuteronomy 13:3 | Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| Job 40:2 | Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. |
| Proverbs 9:7 | He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
| Proverbs 15:12 | A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. |
| Isaiah 29:21 | That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. |
| Lamentations 3:36 | To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. |