God Disciplines His Sons
Hebrews 12:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”Literally and He flogs every son He receives; Proverbs 3:11–12 (see also LXX)
- KJV
- For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- WEB
- for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
- ASV
- For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- LSV
- for whom the LORD loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives”;
- YLT
- for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'
- DBY
- for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
- DRC
- For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- GNV
- For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει, μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.
- RP2018
- ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει· μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.
- TR-Boyd
- ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος παιδεύει· μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.
- SCR1894
- ον γαρ αγαπα κυριος παιδευει μαστιγοι δε παντα υιον ον παραδεχεται
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AdoptionResignationChastening; ChastisementChastisementSons of God (New Testament)Love of God, TheText and Manuscripts of the New TestamentPapyrusAfflictionsReproof
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Hebrews 12:7–8Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
- Psalms 32:1–5Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones became…
- Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Psalms 89:30–34If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. But I…
- James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Psalms 73:14–15For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain…
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