Hebrews 12:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
  • Deut 8:5 : 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.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 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.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.
  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 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 Kgs 1:6 : 6 Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25 : 24 Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day. 25 And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 ... 32 ...
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:4-6
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    4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

    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.

  • Heb 12:8-11
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    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?

    10 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.

    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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    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.

  • Deut 8:5
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    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.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
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    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;

  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Job 5:17
    76%

    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.

  • Prov 19:18
    76%

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

  • Ps 94:12
    75%

    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
    74%

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

  • Rev 3:19
    73%

    19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

  • Gal 4:7
    73%

    7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • 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.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 29:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • 1 Cor 4:14
    71%

    14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

  • 1 Pet 2:20
    69%

    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.

  • Lev 26:28
    69%

    28 Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Job 8:4
    69%

    4 If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

  • Heb 3:7
    69%

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

  • 1 Pet 4:12
    69%

    12 Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

  • Ps 94:10
    69%

    10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

  • Lev 26:18
    69%

    18 And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.

  • Prov 19:26
    68%

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • Heb 12:17
    68%

    17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

  • Col 3:21
    68%

    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

  • Heb 6:7
    68%

    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:

  • Heb 5:8
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    8 And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders;

  • 1 Kgs 12:11
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    11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    68%

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

  • 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,

  • 1 Thess 2:11
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    11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

  • Prov 22:15
    68%

    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Rom 8:17
    68%

    17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.