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Lamentations 3:27
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Lamentations 3:27
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27 It is good for one to bear
the yoke in youth,(A)
Lamentations 3:27
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Lamentations 3:27
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27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Ecclesiastes 12:1
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12 Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
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Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Matthew 11:29-30
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(A) 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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Matthew 11:29-30
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(C)
Psalm 119:71
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Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I was humbled,
so that I might learn your statutes.
Psalm 119:71
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Psalm 119:71
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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalm 94:12
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Psalm 94:12
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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
Psalm 94:12
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Psalm 94:12
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(B)
7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children, for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?(C) 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children.(D) 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.(E) 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.(F)
12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(G)
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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5 And 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,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(B)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](C)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(E)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(F) and live!(G) 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(H) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(I) for those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(J)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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12 So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.(A)
Psalm 90:12
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Psalm 90:12
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