Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
2 Samuel 7:14I 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.
Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
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 →