Psalm 119:71
New King James Version
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
Hebrews 12:10-11
New King James Version
10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (A)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [a]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (B)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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- Hebrews 12:11 discipline
Psalm 119:67
New King James Version
67 Before I was (A)afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
1 Corinthians 11:32
New King James Version
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 94:12-13
New King James Version
12 Blessed is the man whom You (A)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
13 That You may give him [a]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
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- Psalm 94:13 relief
Isaiah 27:9
New King James Version
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.
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- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
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