(A)You should [a]know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 8:5 consider

Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.(A)

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17 “Behold,(A) happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

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17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)

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  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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11 (A)My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,

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12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(A)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(A)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:

(A)“My son, do not despise the [a]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;

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  1. Hebrews 12:5 discipline

And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,

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For (A)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

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because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)