Hebrews 12:5
and you have forgotten the encouragement that instructs you as sons: 1 “My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, 1 nor grow weary when you are corrected by him.” 1
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4You have not yet resisted or struggled against sin to the point of blood;
6For the Lord disciplines everyone whom he loves, 1 and he punishes every son whom he receives.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only pay attention and carefully guard yourself, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not leave your heart for all the days of your life. Instead, make them known to your children and your children's children.
2 Samuel 6:7Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah. God attacked him there for his sin. Uzzah died there by the ark of God.
1 Chronicles 15:12He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. Consecrate yourselves, both you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, 1 'I am certainly guilty, but I will not sin any longer; 1
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, 1 the one whom you teach from your law. 1
Psalms 119:16I delight in your statutes; 1 I will not forget your word. GIMEL 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 →