Hebrews 12:5

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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him."

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  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof. 12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal.
  • Deut 4:9-9 : 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the one who endures trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
  • Heb 12:3-4 : 3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from Your law.
  • Ps 119:83 : 83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I have not forgotten Your statutes.
  • Ps 119:109 : 109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.
  • Job 34:31 : 31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.'
  • Ps 6:1-2 : 1 For the director, with stringed instruments, on the eighth. A psalm of David. 2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.'
  • Ps 118:18 : 18 The Lord has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  • Josh 7:7-9 : 7 Joshua said, "Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! 8 Pardon me, O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has turned its back and fled from its enemies? 9 The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this and surround us. They will cut off our name from the earth. And then, what will you do for your great name? 10 The Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why are you down on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, and they have put them with their own possessions.
  • 2 Sam 6:7-9 : 7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God. 8 David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah, and that place was called Perez Uzzah, as it is to this day. 9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, 'How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?' 10 So David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chr 13:9-9 : 9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzza reached out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen had stumbled. 10 The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he had reached out to the ark. Uzza died there in the presence of God. 11 David was angry because the LORD had burst out against Uzza, so he named that place Perez-Uzza, as it is called to this day. 12 David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?" 13 So David did not move the ark to be with him in the City of David, but instead he directed it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chr 15:12-13 : 12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it. 13 For because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, since we did not seek Him according to the proper procedure."
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.
  • Heb 12:7 : 7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
  • Matt 16:9-9 : 9 Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you gathered?
  • Luke 24:6 : 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
  • Luke 24:8 : 8 Then they remembered his words.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

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  • Heb 12:6-12
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    6For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

    7If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

    8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

    9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

    10Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

    11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

    12Therefore, strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    85%

    11My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

    12For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Deut 8:5
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    5Know then in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

    4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

  • Job 5:17
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    17Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

  • Rev 3:19
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    19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14You shall strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from Sheol.

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    12Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from Your law.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • 1 Cor 4:14
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    14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

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    72%

    12You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'

  • 1 Cor 11:32
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    32Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Ps 6:1
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  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • Col 3:21
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    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

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    32Remember those earlier days after you had been enlightened, when you endured a hard struggle with suffering.

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  • Heb 12:17-18
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    18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is burning with fire, to darkness, gloom, and a storm,

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    1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

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    12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

  • Prov 22:15
    70%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • Heb 12:15
    70%

    15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

  • Prov 3:1
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    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • 1 Thess 2:11
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    11Just as you know how we dealt with each one of you like a father with his own children,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

  • Ps 38:1
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    10Harsh discipline comes to those who forsake the right path; anyone who hates correction will die.

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    25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

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    15As it is said: 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.'

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    6In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

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    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.