Deuteronomy 8:5
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5 Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
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Job 5:17-18
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17 See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For He crushes but also binds up;
He strikes, but His hands also heal.(A)
Proverbs 13:24
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24 The one who will not use the rod hates his son,(A)
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.(B)
Hebrews 12:5-7
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:
My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
6 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.(A)[a]
7 Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
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