Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5You shall also consider in yours heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
Psalms 73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
Proverbs 13:24He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
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 →