And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

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11 (A)My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
    as (B)a father the son in whom he delights.

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17 “Behold, (A)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
    therefore (B)despise not the discipline of the (C)Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he (D)binds up;
    he (E)shatters, but his hands heal.

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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

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32 But when we are judged by the Lord, (A)we are disciplined[a] so that we may not be (B)condemned along with the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:32 Or when we are judged we are being disciplined by the Lord

12 (A)Blessed is the man whom you (B)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,

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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God has promised to those who love him.

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109 I hold my life (A)in my hand continually,
    but I do not (B)forget your law.

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We are (A)afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but (B)not forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed;

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

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Do Not Grow Weary

(A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (B)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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18 I have heard (A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.

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

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(A)“Only take care, and (B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (C)Make them known to your children and your children's children— 10 how on (D)the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, (E)‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, (F)so that they may learn to fear (G)me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’

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O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to (A)The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.

O Lord, (B)rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor (C)discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
    (D)heal me, O Lord, (E)for my bones are troubled.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

12 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. (A)Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, (B)to the place that I have prepared for it. 13 (C)Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”

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And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and (A)God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah[a] to this day. And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside (B)to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:8 Perez-uzzah means the breaking out against Uzzah

And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (A)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (B)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

The Sin of Achan

10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have (C)transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the (D)devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

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It is for discipline that you have to endure. (A)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (D)For the sake of Christ, then, (E)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (F)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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(A)Get wisdom; get (B)insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    (B)but let your heart keep my commandments,

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83 For I have (A)become like a (B)wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

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16 I will (A)delight in your statutes;
    I will not forget your word.

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31 “For has anyone said to God,
    ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

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