reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
will reprove
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future tenseof reprove.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Says Jesus Christ, "I will send the comforter; and when he is come, he will reprove the world" of the sin of unbelief; "of sin," says Christ, "because they believe not on me."
From The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason by Grenville Kleiser
To an author, it foretells that the reading public will reprove his way of stating facts by refusing to read his later works.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
And Christ says, John 16, 8: The Holy Ghost will reprove the world of sin.
From The Smalcald Articles by Martin Luther
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
From The Angels' Song by Thomas Guthrie
When He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
From The Gospel of John for Readers by Lightheart
