Hebrews 12:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
  • Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth. 45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean. 26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
  • Eph 5:26-27 : 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, 27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
  • Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him; 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
  • 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:5-9
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    83%

    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

    6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

    7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

    8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

    9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • Heb 12:11
    83%

    11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    76%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

  • Deut 8:5
    72%

    5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

  • 1 Cor 11:32
    72%

    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

  • Ps 94:12
    71%

    12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

  • Eph 6:4
    70%

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:24
    69%

    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Heb 2:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

    11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

  • 1 Pet 5:10
    68%

    10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

  • Heb 10:32-34
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    68%

    32 But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

    33 In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

    34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    68%

    6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

  • Heb 10:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?

    30 For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.

  • Heb 11:40
    68%

    40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Acts 13:18
    68%

    18 And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

  • Ps 90:15
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    15 Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.

  • Heb 12:14
    67%

    14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

  • 2 Cor 4:17
    67%

    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

  • Heb 10:15
    67%

    15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

  • Heb 3:7
    67%

    7 And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,

  • Heb 13:17
    67%

    17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    67%

    13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

    14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

  • Prov 19:18
    67%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Ps 73:14
    67%

    14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

  • Job 36:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10 Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

    11 If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.

  • 1 Cor 9:10
    66%

    10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

  • Prov 29:17
    66%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    66%

    6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    66%

    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

  • 1 Cor 10:6
    66%

    6 Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
    66%

    9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

  • Heb 6:7
    66%

    7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    66%

    14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

  • 1 Thess 2:11
    66%

    11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

  • 1 Pet 2:20
    66%

    20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

  • Heb 10:24
    66%

    24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

  • Heb 11:25
    66%

    25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;