Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

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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)

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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)

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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,
for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.(A)[a]

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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