Hebrews 12:5
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5 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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- Hebrews 12:5 discipline
Proverbs 3:11-12
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11 (A)My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;
12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(B)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Job 5:17-18
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17 “Behold,(A) happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 (B)For He bruises, but He binds up;
He wounds, but His hands make whole.
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.
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- Revelation 3:19 discipline
- Revelation 3:19 eager
1 Corinthians 11:32
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32 But when we are judged, (A)we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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Psalm 94:12
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12 Blessed is the man whom You (A)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
James 1:12
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Loving God Under Trials
12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (B)the crown of life (C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
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Psalm 119:109
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- Psalm 119:109 In danger
Psalm 119:75
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75 I know, O Lord, (A)that Your judgments are [a]right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
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- Psalm 119:75 Lit. righteous
Hebrews 12:3-4
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The Discipline of God(A)
3 (B)For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, (C)lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 4 (D)You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.
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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
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8 We are (A)hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not (B)forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed—
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Jeremiah 31:18
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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have (A)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
(B)Restore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
Psalm 118:18
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- Psalm 118:18 disciplined
Deuteronomy 4:9-10
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9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently (A)keep yourself, lest you (B)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And (C)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, 10 especially concerning (D)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
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Hebrews 12:7
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7 (A)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (B)son is there whom a father does not chasten?
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- Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God
Psalm 6:1-2
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A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
6 O Lord, (B)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak;
O Lord, (C)heal me, for my bones are troubled.
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- Psalm 6:1 Heb. sheminith
1 Chronicles 15:12-13
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12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; [a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. 13 For (A)because you did not do it the first time, (B)the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him [b]about the proper order.”
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- 1 Chronicles 15:12 consecrate
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 regarding the ordinance
2 Samuel 6:7-10
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7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his [a]error; and he died there by the ark of God. 8 And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place [b]Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 (A)David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10 So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the (B)City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the (C)Gittite.
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- 2 Samuel 6:7 Or irreverence
- 2 Samuel 6:8 Lit. Outburst Against Uzzah
Joshua 7:7-11
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7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord [a]God, (A)why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its [b]back before its enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and (B)cut off our name from the earth. Then (C)what will You do for Your great name?”
The Sin of Achan
10 So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. (D)For they have even taken some of the [c]accursed things, and have both stolen and (E)deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.
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- Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord
- Joshua 7:8 Lit. neck
- Joshua 7:11 devoted
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly (A)I will rather boast in my infirmities, (B)that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore (C)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. (D)For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Proverbs 4:5
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5 (A)Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 3:1
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Guidance for the Young
3 My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;
Psalm 119:83
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83 For (A)I have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
Psalm 119:16
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16 I will (A)delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
Job 34:31
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31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more;
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