Hebrews 12:7
Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?
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In Context
6For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
1 Samuel 3:13For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.
1 Kings 1:6Neither did his father chastise him at any time, saying, “Why have you done this?” Now he, too, was very beautiful, the second in birth, after Absalom.
Job 34:31Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.
Proverbs 19:18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
Proverbs 23:13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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 →