Hebrews 12:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
  • Ps 73:14-15 : 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
  • 1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

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    11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

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  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

    19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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    5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

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  • Prov 19:18
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    18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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    14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

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  • Rom 8:14-15
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    14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

    15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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