Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
I have heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.
O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.
For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge—
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; whoever hates reproof will die.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”
It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,
She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord; she does not draw near to her God.
In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
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