Hebrews 12:7

New International Reader's Version

Put up with hard times. God uses them to train you. He is treating you as his children. What children are not trained by their parents?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father. And he will be my son. When he does what is wrong, I will use other men to beat him with rods and whips.

1 Kings 1:6

His father had never tried to stop him from doing what he wanted to. His father had never asked him, “Why are you acting the way you do?” Adonijah was also very handsome. Now that Absalom was dead, Adonijah was David’s oldest son.

Proverbs 13:24

Those who don’t correct their children hate them. But those who love them are careful to correct them.

Proverbs 19:18

Train your children, because then there is hope. Don’t do anything to bring about their deaths.

Proverbs 22:15

Children are going to do foolish things. But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.

Proverbs 29:15

If a child is corrected, they become wise. But a child who is not corrected brings shame to their mother.

Proverbs 29:17

If you correct your children, they will give you peace. They will bring you the delights you desire.

Acts 14:22

There they helped the believers gain strength. They told them to remain faithful to what they had been taught. “We must go through many hard times to enter God’s kingdom,” they said.

1 Corinthians 11:32

When the Lord judges us in this way, he corrects us. Then in the end we will not be judged along with the rest of the world.

Deuteronomy 8:5

Here is what I want you to know in your hearts. The Lord your God guides you, just as parents guide their children.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why don’t you treat my sacrifices and offerings with respect? I require them to be brought to the house where I live. Why do you honor your sons more than me? Why do you fatten yourselves on the best parts of every offering that is made by my people Israel?’

1 Samuel 2:34

“ ‘Something is going to happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. When it does, it will show you that what I am saying is true. They will both die on the same day.

1 Samuel 3:13

I told Eli I would punish his family forever. He knew his sons were sinning. He knew they were saying bad things about me. In spite of that, he did not stop them.