Hebrews 12:5

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⁵And 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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Proverbs 3:11-12

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¹¹My son,^(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(B)
and do not resent his rebuke,
¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(C)
as a father the son he delights in.^[a]^(D)

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Footnotes

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

Job 5:17-18

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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)
¹⁸For he wounds, but he also binds up;^(D)
he injures, but his hands also heal.^(E)

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Footnotes

Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

Revelation 3:19

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¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.^(A) So be earnest and repent.^(B)

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1 Corinthians 11:32

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³²Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined^(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.^(B)

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Psalm 94:12

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¹²Blessed is the one you discipline,^(A) Lord,
the one you teach^(B) from your law;

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James 1:12

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¹²Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial^(A) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life^(B) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.^(C)

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2 Corinthians 4:8-9

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⁸We are hard pressed on every side,^(A) but not crushed; perplexed,^(B) but not in despair; ⁹persecuted,^(C) but not abandoned;^(D) struck down, but not destroyed.^(E)

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Jeremiah 31:18

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¹⁸“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.

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Psalm 119:109

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¹⁰⁹Though I constantly take my life in my hands,^(A)
I will not forget^(B) your law.

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Psalm 119:75

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⁷⁵I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,^(A)
and that in faithfulness^(B) you have afflicted me.

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Psalm 118:18

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¹⁸The Lord has chastened^(A) me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.^(B)

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Hebrews 12:3-4

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³Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary^(A) and lose heart.

God Disciplines His Children

⁴In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.^(B)

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Deuteronomy 4:9-10

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⁹Only be careful,^(A) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach^(B) them to your children^(C) and to their children after them. ¹⁰Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,^(D) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn^(E) to revere^(F) me as long as they live in the land^(G) and may teach^(H) them to their children.”

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Hebrews 12:7

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⁷Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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Psalm 6:1-2

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Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger^(A)
or discipline me in your wrath.
²Have mercy on me,^(B) Lord, for I am faint;^(C)
heal me,^(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.^(E)

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Footnotes

Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

1 Chronicles 15:12-13

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¹²He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate^(A) yourselves and bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. ¹³It was because you, the Levites,^(B) did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us.^(C) We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.^(D)”

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2 Samuel 6:7-10

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⁷The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act;^(A) therefore God struck him down,^(B) and he died there beside the ark of God.

⁸Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath^(C) had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.^[a]^(D)

⁹David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How^(E) can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” ¹⁰He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom^(F) the Gittite.

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2 Samuel 6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

Joshua 7:7-11

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⁷And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why^(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?^(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! ⁸Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? ⁹The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth.^(C) What then will you do for your own great name?^(D)”

¹⁰The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? ¹¹Israel has sinned;^(E) they have violated my covenant,^(F) which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied,^(G) they have put them with their own possessions.^(H)

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2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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⁹But he said to me, “My grace^(A) is sufficient for you, for my power^(B) is made perfect in weakness.^(C)”^(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight^(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,^(F) in persecutions,^(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.^(H)