Hebrews 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?”
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“Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 12:7 — 15 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 Samuel 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
- 1 Samuel 2:34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
- 1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 1:6(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- 1 Kings 2:24And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
- Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).