Hebrews 12:6

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

In Context

5You 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;

7It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5You shall consider in your heart that 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. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;

Psalms 73:14For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

Psalms 119:75LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Proverbs 13:24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

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 →

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