Hebrews 12:6
Hebrews chapter 12 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Context
v.5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
v.6This passage
v.7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 27:9
Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
- Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
- Psalms 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
- James 5:11
Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
- Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;