KJV King James Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
WEB World English Bible
For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”
ASV American Standard Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;’
Surrounding context — Hebrews 12
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
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 chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Proverbs 3:12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.Psalm 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.Psalm 94:12Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;Jeremiah 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.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:Deuteronomy 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.Hebrews 12:7-8If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?Psalm 32:1-5[A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.Psalm 119:71[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.James 1:12Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.Psalm 89:30-34If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;James 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.Psalm 73:14-15For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
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