Hebrews 12:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

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  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 ¶ Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
  • Deut 4:9-9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 ‹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.›
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  • Heb 12:3-4 : 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 ¶ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 ¶ Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
  • Ps 119:83 : 83 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:109 : 109 ¶ My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
  • Job 34:31 : 31 ¶ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
  • Ps 6:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
  • Ps 118:18 : 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
  • Josh 7:7-9 : 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.
  • 2 Sam 6:7-9 : 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for [his] error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chr 13:9-9 : 9 ¶ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me? 13 So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
  • 1 Chr 15:12-13 : 12 And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it. 13 For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 ¶ [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
  • Heb 12:7 : 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
  • Matt 16:9-9 : 9 ‹Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?› 10 ‹Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?›
  • Luke 24:6 : 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
  • Luke 24:8 : 8 And they remembered his words,
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 ¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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