(1) Yes, indeed,' responded her reprover.

(2) Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

(3) And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

(4) an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

(5) As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

(6) Herod, swayed by Herodias, did not allow the unwelcome reprover to go unpunished: he "sent and apprehended John and bound him in prison".