Psalm 119:71

The Passion Translation

The punishment you brought me through was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me your ways.

Cross References

Psalm 119:67

Before I was humbled I used to always wander astray, but now I see the wisdom of your words.

Isaiah 27:9

By the mercy of Yahweh the guilt of Jacob will be forgiven. Yet the full proof of their forgiveness will be when they crush all the altars to false gods and make them into chalkstones, crushed to pieces, with neither cultic poles nor incense altars still standing.

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged, it is the Lord’s training so that we will not be condemned along with the world.