Hebrews 12:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Psalm 119:75

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

Psalm 94:12

Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

Proverbs 13:24

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

Proverbs 3:11

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

Proverbs 3:12

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

Isaiah 27:9

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

Jeremiah 10:24

O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

Lamentations 3:39

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

Deuteronomy 8:5

Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

James 1:12

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

James 5:11

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

Revelation 3:19

To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

Ruth 1:3

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.