Hebrews 12:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
  • Ps 73:14-15 : 14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment. 15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
  • 1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles. 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;

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  • Heb 12:4-7
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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.

    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?

  • Heb 12:9-11
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    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 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;

  • 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.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

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

  • Gal 4:7
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    7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 11:32
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    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • 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;

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
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    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.

    15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

  • Rom 8:14-15
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    14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

    15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

  • Rom 8:17
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    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.

  • Job 5:17
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    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.

  • Job 8:4
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    4 If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Rev 3:19
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    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.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

  • 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:

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Heb 12:17
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    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.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • Prov 19:26
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    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • Gal 4:1-2
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    1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

    2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Heb 12:15
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    15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

  • 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.