Hebrews 12:11

American Standard Version (1901)

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.

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  • Isa 32:17 : 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
  • Ps 118:18 : 18 Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
  • Ps 89:32 : 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; 4 and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope: 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
  • 1 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness: 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • Heb 12:5-6 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.

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    4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

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