Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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- Proverbs 15:31–32 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
- Psalm 141:5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
- Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.