Deuteronomy 8:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.”
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“So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 8:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden 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.
- Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Psalms 89:32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
- 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;
- Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- 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 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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