Hebrews 12:6

For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

In Context

5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”

7Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?

Read all of Hebrews 12

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.

2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men.

Psalms 73:14You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.

Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And 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: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 12:6