Hebrews 12:7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
  • Deut 8:5 : 5 Know then in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 You shall strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from Sheol.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 And this will be the sign to you that will come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 I have told him that I will judge his house forever because of the sin he knew about. His sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.
  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.
  • 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 His father had never rebuked him by asking, "Why have you done this?" Adonijah was also very handsome, and he was born after Absalom.
  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25 : 24 'And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the one who has established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!' 25 Then King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.' 32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

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  • Heb 12:4-6
    3 verses
    90%

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

    5And 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."

    6For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

  • Heb 12:8-11
    4 verses
    90%

    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.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    83%

    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
    80%

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

  • Prov 13:24
    77%

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

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    77%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • Deut 21:18-19
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    77%

    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,

    19his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Job 5:17
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:18
    76%

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

  • Ps 94:12
    75%

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

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

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

  • Rev 3:19
    73%

    19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

  • Gal 4:7
    73%

    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • 1 Cor 11:32
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a mocker does not heed rebuke.

  • Prov 29:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

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

  • 1 Cor 4:14
    71%

    14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

  • Prov 17:25
    70%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Rom 8:14
    70%

    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    70%

    17If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.

  • 1 Pet 2:20
    69%

    20What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

  • Lev 26:28
    69%

    28then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

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

  • Job 8:4
    69%

    4If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.

  • Heb 3:7
    69%

    7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,

  • 1 Pet 4:12
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 94:10
    69%

    10Does He who disciplines nations not rebuke? Does He who teaches mankind knowledge not know?

  • Lev 26:18
    69%

    18If after all this you still do not listen to me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.

  • Prov 19:26
    68%

    26Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

  • Heb 12:17
    68%

    17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.

  • Col 3:21
    68%

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

  • Heb 6:7
    68%

    7For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

  • Heb 5:8
    68%

    8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

  • 1 Kgs 12:11
    68%

    11Now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    68%

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    68%

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

  • 1 Thess 2:11
    68%

    11Just as you know how we dealt with each one of you like a father with his own children,

  • Prov 22:15
    68%

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

  • Rom 8:17
    68%

    17If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.