Devine Scripture

Hebrews 12:7

Hebrews chapter 12 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

Context

v.6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

v.7This passage

v.8But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 7:14

    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;

  • 1 Kings 1:6

    And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.

  • Proverbs 23:13

    Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Proverbs 29:15

    The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Proverbs 19:18

    Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

  • 1 Samuel 3:13

    For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.