Ezekiel 3:21
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But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
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Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.