Psalms 141:5
The righteous beat me [in] kindness. And reprove me, || My head does not disallow oil of the head, || For my prayer [is] still about their distress.
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Leviticus 19:17You do not hate your brother in your heart; you certainly reprove your fellow, and do not permit sin on him.
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan says to David, “You [are] the man! Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I anointed you for king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
2 Chronicles 25:16And it comes to pass, in his speaking to him, that he says to him, “Have we appointed you for a counselor to the king? For you [must] cease; why do they strike you?” And the prophet ceases and says, “I have known that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
Psalms 51:18Do good in Your good pleasure with Zion, || You build the walls of Jerusalem.
Proverbs 6:23For the command [is] a lamp, || And the Law a light, || And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
Proverbs 12:1Whoever is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, || And whoever is hating reproof [is] brutish.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:2-5
Fervent Supplications. 1 Lord , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord , before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things… Read the whole commentary →