5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Deuteronomy 8:5
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Proverbs 3:11–13
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. 13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Hebrews 12:5–7
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suf…
1 Clement 56:3–5
3 For thus saith the holy word; The Lord hath indeed chastened me, and hath not delivered me over unto death. (1CL) 4 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. (1CL) 5 For the righteous, it is said, shall chasten me in mercy and shall rep… (1CL)
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)
Hebrews 12:9–11
9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good,…
Proverbs 13:23–25
23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away. 24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. 25 A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
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.
2 Samuel 7:13–15
13 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. 15 But My loving devotion w…
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