I tell thee then, first, he is the great spiritual light of the world that enlightens every one that comes into the world; by which he manifests to them their deeds of darkness and wickedness, and reproves them for committing them.
O man, thou must bring thy deeds to it and examine them by that holy lamp in thy soul, which is the candle of the Lord, that shows thee thy pride and arrogancy, and reproves thy delight in the vain fashions of this world.
He is the light of the world that reproves the darkness, that is, the evil of the world; and he is to be known within.
But it is a good sign when men condemn us and call us authors of strife, for the Spirit of God strives with men, reproves and condemns them.
Eteocles reproves them for their fears, and bids them sing a paean that shall hearten the people.
As if he had forgotten that he had already berated them, the Apostle once more reproves those who provoke and envy others.
With motherly affection he talks to them yet he does it in a way that at the same time he also reproves them.
But before he follows up his doctrinal discourse with practical precepts he once more reproves the Galatians.
At the same time he gently reproves them for rather themselves to be removed.
Paul reproves the Galatians rather sharply when he calls them "fools, bewitched, and disobedient.
Jews, yet he speaks of them as usurers, and reprovestheir “cut throate and abominable dealing.
In this message the prophet sharply reproves the people for their indifference to the cause of God's house and their selfish devotion to their own private interests, which have brought upon them the divine rebuke.
Of whiche slaunders and tenes ye false men and wicked ben the verey causes; on you by right ought these shames and these reproves al hoolly discende.
He reprovesthe unbelieving Jews, and escapes from their hands.
Our Lord reproves them for this and much more for devouring widows' houses with their long prayers.
Are they not such ways as will not come to the light, and hate the light, because it reproves them?
And he that reproves his brother after this manner from love, and in meekness and wisdom, “shall afterward find more favour of him than he that flatters with his tongue,” Prov.
She treats Burke in the very same manner with which she reproves him for treating Dr.
No doubt but this was done: but Christ reproves them, because such scandalous persons were yet suffered to be in the church, and were not cast out.
He reproves the young lady, who, whilst tender over killing a fly, does not hesitate to call the harass of religious doubt "Devil-born.
The Spirit of love reproves this self-accusation: "Thou canst not move me from thy side, Nor human frailty do me wrong.
Thou passed Him by,” He thus reprovesthe pilgrim-emperor, “and inquired not about Him.
Accordingly, Paul reproves them, recalling them [to unity and] to offices of love.
The Law, moreover, is the word which reprovesand condemns sins.
And this error the Gospel reproves which teaches that men are accounted righteous not for the sake of the Law, but for the sake of Christ alone.
And what is patently against reason, or, in case of doubt, what she reproves and condemns in religion is superstitious.
Afterwards the Song subjoins that I thus judge them to be false and vain; and this it does when it says, "Sound intellect reproves their words As false, and turns away.
But that I cannot hold, Nor yet, if Christians, they; Sound intellect reproves their words As false, and turns away.
The second point is in that which reproves their disobedience, when it says, "Of her, why doubted they my words?
Sidenote: Sir Lamorack reproves Sir Tristram] Upon this, Sir Lamorack was so filled with anger that he scarce knew what to say or to do.
What is this, but this Comforter which reproves the world of sin?
He referred to the reprover of our sins, said that it is God who reproves us.
The scene in which Samuel reproves Saul for not having slain Agag will give an idea of the spirit of the piece.
God reproves you, your sceptre will pass into other hands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reproves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
