5 For the righteous, it is said, shall chasten me in mercy and shall reprove me, but let not the mercy of sinners anoint my head . (1CL)
1 Clement 56:5
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Psalms of Solomon 13:8–10
8 Secretly is the righteous chastened, Lest the sinner rejoice over the righteous. (PSS) 9 For He correcteth the righteous as a beloved son. And his chastisement is as that of a first-born. (PSS) 10 For the Lord spareth His pious ones, And blotteth out their errors by His chasten… (PSS)
Job 5:16–18
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. 17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
Jeremiah 10:23–25
23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps. 24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the fa…
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Psalms of Solomon 3:4–6
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Psalms of Solomon 10:1–2
1 Happy is the man whom the Lord remembereth with reproving, And whom He restraineth from the way of evil with strokes That he may be cleansed from sin, that it may not be multiplied. (PSS) 2 He that maketh ready his back for strokes shall be cleansed, For the Lord is g… (PSS)
Proverbs 3:10–12
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. 11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; 12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
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