All 5 Uses

reprove
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Psalms
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38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.†
Chpt 31-40 *

reproofs = criticisms
50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.†
Chpt 41-50

reprove = criticize
50:21 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.†
Chpt 41-50
105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.†
Chpt 101-110

reproved = criticized
141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.†
Chpt 141-150

reprove = criticize

Definitions:

(1) (reprove)
express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (though often from Shakespeare), the form reproof describes punishment rather than merely criticism.