Hebrews 12:6
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6 For (A)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
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
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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:75 Lit. righteous
Proverbs 3:12
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12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(A)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 13:24
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:24 early
Psalm 32:1-5
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The Joy of Forgiveness
A Psalm of David. A [a]Contemplation.
32 Blessed is he whose (A)transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord (B)does not [b]impute iniquity,
And (C)in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your (D)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
(E)I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 32:2 charge his account with
2 Samuel 7:14
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14 (A)I will be his Father, and he shall be (B)My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the [a]blows of the sons of men.
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- 2 Samuel 7:14 strokes
Psalm 94:12
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12 Blessed is the man whom You (A)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
Hebrews 12:7-8
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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? 8 But if you are without chastening, (C)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
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- Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God
Jeremiah 10:24
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24 O Lord, (A)correct me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
Psalm 89:30-34
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30 “If(A) his sons (B)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [a]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 (C)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not [b]utterly take from him,
Nor [c]allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor (D)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:31 profane
- Psalm 89:33 Lit. break off
- Psalm 89:33 Lit. deal falsely with My faithfulness
Deuteronomy 8:5
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5 (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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- Deuteronomy 8:5 consider
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 73:14-15
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14 For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
Isaiah 27:9
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9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[a]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
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