Hebrews 12:6

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
  • Ps 32:1-5 : 1 By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned! 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah) 5 Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I 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.
  • Deut 8:5 : 5 Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
  • Heb 12:7-8 : 7 Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 8 But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy 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.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Think 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.
  • Ps 73:14-15 : 14 I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.” 15 If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.
  • Ps 89:30-34 : 30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, 31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise. 34 I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:7-11
    5 verses
    90%

    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.

    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
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Heb 12:5
    88%

    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.

  • Deut 8:5
    80%

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

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

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

  • Rev 3:19
    78%

    19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

  • Job 5:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

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

    18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

  • Ps 94:12
    78%

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

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

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

    19A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • 1 Cor 11:32
    73%

    32But 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 accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Ps 6:1
    72%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:17
    71%

    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 15:10
    70%

    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • 1 Kgs 12:11
    70%

    11My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

  • Ps 94:10
    70%

    10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

  • Heb 6:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

    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.

  • Prov 12:1
    70%

    1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

  • Prov 22:15
    70%

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

  • Ps 118:18
    70%

    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • Prov 19:26
    70%

    26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
    70%

    6This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

  • Prov 29:15
    69%

    15A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

  • Eph 6:1
    69%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  • Ps 73:14
    69%

    14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

  • Lev 26:28
    69%

    28I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • 1 Cor 4:14
    69%

    14A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

  • Prov 19:29
    69%

    29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

  • Jer 31:18
    69%

    18I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully,‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the LORD our God.

  • Prov 17:3
    69%

    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

  • 1 Kgs 12:14
    69%

    14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 17:10
    69%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • 2 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”