Hebrews 12:11

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous, but grievous: yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

In Context

10For they verily for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

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Cross References

Psalms 89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law; and they have none occasion of stumbling.

Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; and set not thy heart on his destruction.

Romans 5:3And not only so, but let us also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

1 Timothy 4:7but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

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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