Hebrews 12:11

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

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  • Isa 32:17 : 17 Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • Ps 118:18 : 18 The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
  • Ps 89:32 : 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance, character, and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  • 1 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness. 8 For“physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
  • 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.”
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 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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  • Heb 12:2-10
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    2keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

    4You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

    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?

    10For 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.

  • 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.

  • Heb 12:12-15
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    12Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

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

    15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.

  • 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,

  • 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.

  • Jas 3:18
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    18And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jas 5:11
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    11Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

  • Heb 6:7-8
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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.

    8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

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

  • 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.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

    6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

  • Rom 6:21-22
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    21So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

    22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-13
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    12Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

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

  • Phil 1:11
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    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

  • 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.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Heb 11:36
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    36And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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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,

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.