Lexicon :: Strong's H8433 - tôḵēḥâ

“Please hear my argument

And listen to the pleadings of my lips.

“I would present my cause before Him

And fill my mouth with arguments.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,

In whose mouth are no arguments.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;

You consume like a moth what is precious to him;

Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

For all the day long have I been stricken,

And punished every morning.

To execute vengeance on the nations

And punishment on the peoples,

“If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke,

Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you;

I will make my words known to you.

And you treated all my counsel as nothing

And would not accept my reprimand,

They would not accept my counsel,

And they spurned all my rebuke.

My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the LORD [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];

Nor despise His rebuke,

And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,

And my heart despised correction and reproof!

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,

And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,

He who learns from instruction and correction is on the [right] path of life [and for others his example is a path toward wisdom and blessing],

But he who ignores and refuses correction goes off course [and for others his example is a path toward sin and ruin].

Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge,

But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

Poverty and shame will come to him who refuses instruction and discipline,

But he who accepts and learns from reproof or censure is honored.

A [flippant, arrogant] fool rejects his father’s instruction and correction,

But he who [is willing to learn and] regards and keeps in mind a reprimand acquires good sense.

There is severe discipline for him who [fn]turns from the way [of righteousness];

And he who hates correction will die.

The ear that listens to and learns from the life-giving rebuke (reprimand, censure)

Will remain among the wise.

Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]

Than love that is hidden.

He who hardens his neck and refuses instruction after being often reproved (corrected, criticized),

Will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom,

But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;

Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is certain.

I will stand at my guard post

And station myself on the tower;

And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,

And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.