Hebrews 12:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

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  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.
  • Lev 11:44-45 : 44 for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground, 45 for I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image– in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.
  • Eph 5:26-27 : 26 to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  • Col 1:22 : 22 but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him–
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you. 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
  • 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct, 16 for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.”
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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  • Heb 12:5-9
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    5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

    7Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

    8But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

    9Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

  • Heb 12:11
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    11Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

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

  • Job 5:17
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    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Deut 8:5
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    5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.

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

  • Ps 94:12
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    12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,

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

  • Prov 13:24
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    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Heb 2:10-11
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    10For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

    11For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

  • 1 Pet 5:10
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    10And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

  • Heb 10:32-34
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    32But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.

    33At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

    34For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

  • Heb 10:29-30
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    29How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?

    30For we know the one who said,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again,“The Lord will judge his people.”

  • Heb 11:40
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    40For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

  • Ps 90:15
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    15Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!

  • Heb 12:14
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    14Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • Heb 3:7
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    7Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

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

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • Ps 73:14
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    14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

  • Job 36:10-11
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    10And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

    11If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

  • 1 Cor 9:10
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    10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

  • 1 Cor 10:6
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    6These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

  • 2 Cor 7:9
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    9Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
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    14I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

  • 1 Thess 2:11
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    11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

  • 1 Pet 2:20
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    20For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.

  • Heb 10:24
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    24And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

  • Heb 11:25
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    25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.