There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity. Cross References Galatians 4:16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? 1 Kings 22:8 The king of Israel answered, "There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king should not say that!" Jehoshaphat replied. Proverbs 15:12 A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise. Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Isaiah 59:15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. Jeremiah 17:16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence. Jeremiah 38:7 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Hosea 4:4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest. Amos 5:15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph." Treasury of Scripture They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. hate. Amos 7:10-17 1 Kings 18:17 1 Kings 21:20 abhor. Jeremiah 17:16,17 John 3:20 John 8:45-47 |
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