Lexicon :: Strong's G1651 - elegchō

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

“You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours?[fn] Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.

“If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work,[fn] and he issued his verdict last night.”

“or anything else about which he swore falsely. He will make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

“Do not harbor hatred against your brother.[fn] Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.

“I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”

he allowed no one to oppress them;

he rebuked kings on their behalf:

Then Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw that he was diseased on his forehead. They rushed him out of there. He himself also hurried to get out because the LORD had afflicted him.

See how happy is the person whom God corrects;

so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

There is no mediator between us,

to lay his hand on both of us.

Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty

and argue my case before God.

Surely he would rebuke you

if you secretly showed partiality.

Even if he kills me, I will hope in him.[fn]

I will still defend my ways before him.

Should he argue with useless talk

or with words that serve no good purpose?

Your own mouth condemns you, not I;

your own lips testify against you.

Does he correct you and take you to court

because of your piety?

I paid close attention to you.

Yet no one proved Job wrong;

not one of you refuted his arguments.

A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain

and constant distress in his bones,

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?

Let him who argues with God give an answer.[fn]

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?

I place my hand over my mouth.

LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger;

do not discipline me in your wrath.

LORD, do not punish me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

“I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices

or for your burnt offerings,

which are continually before me.

“You have done these things, and I kept silent;

you thought I was just like you.

But I will rebuke you

and lay out the case before you.[fn]

The one who instructs nations,

the one who teaches mankind knowledge —

does he not discipline?

he allowed no one to oppress them;

he rebuked kings on their behalf:

Let the righteous one strike me —

it is an act of faithful love;

let him rebuke me —

it is oil for my head;

let me[fn] not refuse it.

Even now my prayer is against

the evil acts of the wicked.[fn]

Do not despise the LORD’s instruction, my son,

and do not loathe his discipline;

“The one who corrects a mocker

will bring abuse on himself;

the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.[fn]

A sly wink of the eye causes grief,

and foolish lips will be destroyed.

A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;

he will not consult the wise.

The first to state his case seems right

until another comes and cross-examines him.

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;

rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,

and a generous blessing will come to them.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor

than one who flatters with his tongue.

Don’t add to his words,

or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

He will settle disputes among the nations

and provide arbitration for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plows

and their spears into pruning knives.

Nation will not take up the sword against nation,

and they will never again train for war.

His delight will be in the fear of the LORD.

He will not judge

by what he sees with his eyes,

he will not execute justice

by what he hears with his ears,

those who, with their speech,

accuse a person of wrongdoing,

who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate

and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Your own evil will discipline you;

your own apostasies will reprimand you.

Recognize[fn] how evil and bitter it is

for you to abandon the LORD your God

and to have no fear of me.

This is the declaration

of the Lord GOD of Armies.

“I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute and unable to be a mediator for[fn] them, for they are a rebellious house.

But let no one dispute; let no one argue,

for my case is against you priests.[fn][fn]

They hate the one who convicts the guilty

at the city gate,

and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.

Are you not from eternity, LORD my God?

My Holy One, you[fn] will not die.

LORD, you appointed them to execute judgment;

my Rock, you destined them to punish us.

Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before me ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.