reprover
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"A wise reprover upon an obedient ear" is one of the rare things spoken of by Solomon,—the rarest, perhaps, to be met with.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
This remark was followed by a long silence, when the gentleman turned suddenly toward his reprover and inquired,— "Are you a religious man?"
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias
Out upon you, Anton Lennox, that set up for a man of God and a reprover of others.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
These are gentlemen in a true sense, that can bare to be told of their faux pas, and not abuse the reprover.
From The True-Born Englishman A Satire by Defoe, Daniel
Another indispensable requisite for the office of reprover is a character distinguished for humility and meekness.
From An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females by Beecher, Catharine Esther
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