2 Samuel 7:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I 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.”
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“I 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 7:14 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Proverbs 3:11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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