7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Eccl 7:5 — It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
• Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
• Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Jer 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t
• Prov 5:9 — Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
• Prov 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
• Prov 9:9 — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Prov 13:13 — Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
• Prov 15:5 — A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
• Prov 15:5 — A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
• Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
• Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
• Prov 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
• Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.