Hebrews 12:6
for whom the LORD loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives”;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5and you have known with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, your God YHWH is disciplining you,
2 Samuel 7:14I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealing perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,
Psalms 73:14And I am plagued all the day, || And my reproof—every morning.
Psalms 94:12O the blessedness of the man || Whom You instruct, O YAH, || And teach him out of Your law,
Psalms 119:75I have known, O YHWH, || That Your judgments [are] righteous, || And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Proverbs 13:24Whoever is sparing his rod is hating his son, || And whoever is loving him has hurried his discipline.
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 →