יָכַח

And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

…and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

…for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

…but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

…but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.