Prov 9:8-9
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. 9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
This scripture says that if we want to be wise we have to learn to accept correction and rebuke. That can be a hard thing to endure. God please help me to be wise and to learn from others.
Thoughts from AVK
Titus 1:13
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, NKJV
- Rebuke or correction are to bring healing, restoration, and change. They are not for releasing your anger and frustration. They are to be an act of love. Therefore, remember that when you are angry it is not the time to discipline. When you don’t feel like disciplining, but you see a need to, you are responsible to help them. When you are corrected, remember they are helping you whether it feels like it or not. Prov 22:6
Prov 15:12
12 Mockers don’t love those who rebuke them, so they stay away from the wise.
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- Prov 22:6; Prov 1:5
- Sometimes the things that we need to hear hurt. Do you avoid the people who will tell you what you need to hear instead of what you want to hear? Do you seek those that will speak into your life even when it means correcting you, or do you avoid them, do you look for people that will just say nice things about you?
- Vs31 there are always those ready to speak into us life changing instruction but we have to open up and choose to hear.
Prov 14:6
A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands. AMP
- Your attitude can be deafening. How is yours? Rev 3:13NLT
- Are you willing to admit you are wrong? Do you receive correction or try to defend yourself? Do you make excuses and point the blame at something or someone else or do you own up to what you can change? He who thinks he knows it all doesn’t learn anything.
Prov 10:17
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray. ESV
- How you handle correction says a lot about you. Prov 1:5; 22:6
- You are responsible for what you do with what you know and for the impact that your choices have on others. James 3:1 tells us leaders have a stricter judgment. Matt 18:6 seems to imply that we will each give an account for our leadership, and what we did with it. Prov 26:8 talks about the fool who waste the opportunities God gives showing us influence not wisely used is wasted, yet even worse many use their influence for harm. Matt 18:6 speaks of those who cause others to sin and speaks of judgment for it. Ezek 33:2-6 speaks of the responsibility of the watchmen, or those who know.
- God help me to use my influence wisely. Help to lead people closer to you. I don’t ever want to miss-lead people. Help me point my life toward you. I don’t want my mistakes, actions or words to cause or give an excuse for someone else to sin.
Ps 25:9
9 The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way. NKJV
- God will teach those who will listen. Am I humble enough to listen, to receive correction? God I want to be humble, I want to receive your instruction not defend myself and the reasons I made wrong choices.
- Ps 141:5(correction is a blessing) Prov 1:5 (the wise hear and increase in learning) Prov 16:18 (pride comes before destruction) those who think they are always right don’t receive correction, they choose to face the consequences of their mistakes before learning, and still they often refuse to change. (Prov 26:11)
Prov 12:1
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. NKJV
- Ps 141:5; Prov 1:5; 15:10; 22:6; 1:5 Ezek 21:10
How dumb to resent someone who is trying to help you. To resent the person for telling you that you have a boogger hanging out your nose. It is not their fault it is there, it was not invisible before they said something. They are making you aware of something that needs your attention. Yet some how we seem to think that if we aren’t aware of it we don’t have a problem. When I think about it, it doesn’t make sense why it would be hard to receive correction but I know that a lot of times it is hard for me to swallow my pride and receive correction. Lord help me to receive correction and grow into all that you have for me.
