Psalm 119:71
New Living Translation
71 My suffering was good for me,
for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.
Psalm 119:71
New International Version
71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
so that I might learn your decrees.
Hebrews 12:10-11
New Living Translation
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
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Hebrews 12:10-11
New International Version
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.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.
Psalm 119:67
New Living Translation
67 I used to wander off until you disciplined me;
but now I closely follow your word.
Psalm 119:67
New International Version
1 Corinthians 11:32
New Living Translation
32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
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1 Corinthians 11:32
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32 Nevertheless, 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)
Psalm 94:12-13
New Living Translation
12 Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,
those you teach with your instructions.
13 You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
Psalm 94:12-13
New International Version
Isaiah 27:9
New Living Translation
9 The Lord did this to purge Israel’s[a] wickedness,
to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.
Isaiah 27:9
New International Version
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