Hebrews 12:6

New King James Version

For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, And teach out of Your law,

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

Proverbs 3:11

My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction;

Proverbs 3:12

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.

Jeremiah 10:24

O Lord, correct me, but with justice; Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

Lamentations 3:39

Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

Deuteronomy 8:5

You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Ruth 1:3

Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.