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Hebrews 12:5

WEB

5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

KJV

5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

BSB

5And 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.

FBV

5Have you forgotten[+] God's appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don't treat the Lord's discipline lightly, and don't give up when he corrects you either.

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Extra References

Proverbs 3:11-12

11My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; 12for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Job 5:17-18

17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. 18For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.

Revelation 3:19

19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

1 Corinthians 11:32

32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

Psalms 94:12

12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD,[+] and teach out of your law,

James 1:12

12Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

8We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

Psalms 119:109

109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

Psalms 118:18

18The LORD[+] has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

Jeremiah 31:18

18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.