The phrase "reprove" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...It is the Lord, who doth not grieve,
Or needlessly reprove;
Savior, I thankfully receive...
It is the Lord, who doth not grieve,
Or needlessly reprove;
Savior, I thankfully receive
...Yet if His precepts are forgot,
He will His saints reprove.
If they His holy statutes break,...
Yet if His precepts are forgot,
He will His saints reprove.
If they His holy statutes break,
...The living God through sin forsake,
Our conscience by Thy Word reprove,
Convince and bring the wanderers back,...
The living God through sin forsake,
Our conscience by Thy Word reprove,
Convince and bring the wanderers back,
...Thy heart, so long hardened,
Of sin to reprove;
Resist not the Spirit,...
Thy heart, so long hardened,
Of sin to reprove;
Resist not the Spirit,
...Thy heart, so long hardened,
Of sin to reprove;
Resist not the Spirit,...
Thy heart, so long hardened,
Of sin to reprove;
Resist not the Spirit,
...Or their unrighteous gain.
Let upright men reprove my faults,
And I shall think them kind;...
Or their unrighteous gain.
Let upright men reprove my faults,
And I shall think them kind;
...The spirit of wisdom divine.
A judge to reprove for the meek,
The mantle of justice to wear,...
The spirit of wisdom divine.
A judge to reprove for the meek,
The mantle of justice to wear,
...“Not for the want of bullocks slain
Will I the world reprove;
Altars, and rites, and forms are vain,...
“Not for the want of bullocks slain
Will I the world reprove;
Altars, and rites, and forms are vain,
...Obedient faith that waits on Thee,
Thou never wilt reprove;
But Thou wilt form Thy Son in me,...
Obedient faith that waits on Thee,
Thou never wilt reprove;
But Thou wilt form Thy Son in me,
...O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,...
O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
...To the earth’s fair pomp and pride;
Ah, why dost thou thus reprove me?
Why art thou not satisfied?...
To the earth’s fair pomp and pride;
Ah, why dost thou thus reprove me?
Why art thou not satisfied?
...Protected, they will shall see
Their foes cut off and sin reproved;
O God, I trust in Thee....
Protected, they will shall see
Their foes cut off and sin reproved;
O God, I trust in Thee.
...They will feel how pure the motive
That hath led us to reprove.
Speak not harshly to the stranger,...
They will feel how pure the motive
That hath led us to reprove.
Speak not harshly to the stranger,
...To take your evil deeds as naught;
I will reprove you and array
Your deeds before your eyes this day....
To take your evil deeds as naught;
I will reprove you and array
Your deeds before your eyes this day.
...And keep me, Savior, near Thy side.
Correct, reprove and comfort me,
As I have need my Savior be;...
And keep me, Savior, near Thy side.
Correct, reprove and comfort me,
As I have need my Savior be;
...God, revive us by your love;
Send your Spirit to reprove!
Take away sin’s awful blight,...
God, revive us by your love;
Send your Spirit to reprove!
Take away sin’s awful blight,
...And with a double heart.
If we reprove some hateful lie,
How is their fury stirred!...
And with a double heart.
If we reprove some hateful lie,
How is their fury stirred!
...The wicked I perhaps may leave
Awhile, and not reprove;
But all the children I receive...
The wicked I perhaps may leave
Awhile, and not reprove;
But all the children I receive
...Cast a look, and break my heart!
By Thy Spirit, Lord, reprove,
All my inmost sins reveal,...
Cast a look, and break my heart!
By Thy Spirit, Lord, reprove,
All my inmost sins reveal,
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When Israel sins, the Lord reproves
And fills their hearts with dread;...
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When Israel sins, the Lord reproves
And fills their hearts with dread;
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