Always Abounding in Rebuke

REBU'KE, v.t. See Pack and Impeach.

1. To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault;
to check by reproof.
The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd,
not to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor.
Lev. 19.
2. To check or restrain.
The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan. Zech. 3. Is. 17.
3. To chasten; to punish; to afflict for
correction.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger. Ps. 6.
4. To check; to silence.
Master, rebuke thy disciples. Luke 19.
5. To check; to heal.
And he stood over her and rebuked the fever.
Luke 4.

6. To restrain; to calm.
He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea.
Matt. 8.
REBU'KE, n.
1. A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
2. In Scripture, chastisement; punishment;
affliction for the purpose of restraint and
correction. Ezek. 5. Hos. 5.
3. In low language, any kind of check.
To suffer rebuke, to endure the reproach and
persecution of men. Jer. 15.
To be without rebuke, to live without giving
cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.

Leviticus 19:17 (KJV) Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise
rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Deuteronomy 28:20 (KJV) The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that
thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because
of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Ruth 2:16 (KJV) And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she
may glean them, and rebuke her not.
2 Kings 19:3 (KJV) And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
1 Chronicles 12:17 (KJV) And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye
be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray
me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it.
Psalm 6:1 (KJV) To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD,
rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 18:15 (KJV) Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world
were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Psalm 38:1 (KJV) A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy
wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 68:30 (KJV) Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves
of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in
war.
Psalm 76:6 (KJV) At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead
sleep.
Psalm 80:16 (KJV) It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy
countenance.
Psalm 104:7 (KJV) At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Proverbs 9:8 (KJV) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love
thee.
Proverbs 13:1 (KJV) A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:8 (KJV) The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 24:25 (KJV) But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall
come upon them.
Proverbs 27:5 (KJV) Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (KJV) It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the
song of fools.
Isaiah 2:4 (KJV) And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they

shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 17:13 (KJV) The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke
them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isaiah 25:8 (KJV) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off
all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD
hath spoken it.
Isaiah 30:17 (KJV) One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall
ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Isaiah 37:3 (KJV) And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring
forth.
Isaiah 50:2 (KJV) Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to
answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at
my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no
water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah 51:20 (KJV) Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a
net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
Isaiah 54:9 (KJV) For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of
Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor
rebuke thee.
Isaiah 66:15 (KJV) For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to
render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 15:15 (KJV) O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my
persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Hosea 5:9 (KJV) Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I
made known that which shall surely be.
Micah 4:3 (KJV) And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up
a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Zechariah 3:2 (KJV) And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the
LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Malachi 3:11 (KJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the
fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD
of hosts.
Matthew 16:20 (KJV) Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus
the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem,
and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again
the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not

be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for
thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:31 (KJV) And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be
rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise
again.
32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee
behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the
gospel's, the same shall save it.
Luke 17:3 (KJV) Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and
if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 19:39 (KJV) And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master,
rebuke thy disciples.
Philippians 2:15 (KJV) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Timothy 5:1 (KJV) Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as
brethren;
1 Timothy 5:20 (KJV) Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
2 Timothy 4:2 (KJV) Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Titus 1:13 (KJV) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in
the faith;
Titus 1:5 (KJV) For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are
wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to
wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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.
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not,
for filthy lucre's sake.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow
bellies.
13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Jude 9 (KJV) Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of
Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Revelation 3:19 (KJV) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent.