Hebrews 12:6

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

7if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

2 Samuel 7:14I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

Psalms 73:14And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.

Psalms 94:12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

Psalms 119:75I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

Proverbs 13:24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

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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