Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had Avot on HaAretz, who were morim that we reverenced and treated with kavod. Should we not even more subject ourselves to the Avi HaRuchot and live?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8But if you are without musar, in which all the yeladim share, then you are not banim but mamzerim.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy av and thy em; that thy yamim may be long upon ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee.
Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, El Elohei HaRuchot L'Chol Basar, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be angry with Kol HaEdah?
Deuteronomy 21:18If an ish have a stubborn and rebellious ben, which will not obey the voice of his av, or the voice of his em, and that, when they have chastened him, will not give heed unto them;
Job 12:10In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, 1 and the ruach of kol basar ish. 1
Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the aphar return to ha'aretz as it was; and the ruach shall return unto HaElohim who gave it.
Isaiah 42:5Thus saith HaEl Hashem, 1 Boreh HaShomayim, and the One stretching them out; 1 He that spread out ha'aretz, and that which cometh out of it as produce; 1 He that giveth neshamah (soul) unto HaAm upon it, 1 and ruach to them that walk thereon: + 42:5 See 1Th 5:23 1
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 →