THE TWO SIDES OF CRITICISM

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*SCRIPTURES CONCERNING CRITICISM:

PROVERBS 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

PROVERBS 1:5 NIV - A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel

PROVERBS 10:17 - He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

PROVERBS 12:1 - Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

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WARNINGS TO A CRITICAL PERSON:

JAMES 4:11-12 - Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?

MATTHEW 7:1-5 - “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye."

JAMES 5:9 - Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.

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SOME CRITICISM IS NECESSARY: PROVERBS 4:13 - Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

GAIN UNDERSTANDING: PROVERBS 15:31-32 - Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be home among the wise. Those who disregard discipline themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

IT’S UNWISE TO TURN DOWN ALL CRITICS: PROVERBS 29:1 - Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed-without remedy.

STAY POSITIVE IN THE CRITICAL PROCESS: PHILIPPIANS 2:14-16 - Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.

STAY FOCUSED ON GOD NOT PEOPLE: 1 TIMOTHY 2:20 - O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—

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WAYS TO DEAL WITH CRITICISM:

Criticism is not only a part of leadership, it's the price of leadership. ...Admit when you've been wrong. ...Make constructive criticism part of the culture. ...Assume criticism is logical. ...Anticipate specific criticism. ...Limit the criticism you'll accept. ...Don't turn criticism into a personal contest. ...Don't take revenge.