Hebrews 12:5
You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
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In Context
4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
6for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—
2 Samuel 6:7The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
1 Chronicles 15:12and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, up to the place that I have prepared for it.
Job 34:31“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
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 →