Hebrews 12:6

God's Word

The Lord disciplines everyone he loves. He severely disciplines everyone he accepts as his child.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his Father, and he will be my Son. If he sins, I will punish him with a rod and with blows inflicted by people.

Psalm 119:71

It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.

Psalm 119:75

I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord, and that you were right to make me suffer.

Psalm 94:12

O Lord, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.

Proverbs 13:24

Whoever refuses to spank his son hates him, but whoever loves his son disciplines him from early on.

Proverbs 3:11

Do not reject the discipline of the Lord, my son, and do not resent his warning,

Proverbs 3:12

because the Lord warns the one he loves, even as a father warns a son with whom he is pleased.

Isaiah 27:9

In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up. This is the way they will turn from their sins— when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalk and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah or incense altars are left standing.

Jeremiah 10:24

Correct me, O Lord, but please be fair. Don’t correct me when you’re angry. Otherwise, you’ll reduce me to nothing.

Lamentations 3:39

“Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?

Deuteronomy 8:5

Learn this lesson by heart: The Lord your God was disciplining you as parents discipline their children.

James 1:12

Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

James 5:11

We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job’s suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Revelation 3:19

I correct and discipline everyone I love. Take this seriously, and change the way you think and act.

Ruth 1:3

Now, Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left alone with her two sons.