Hebrews 12:5

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Summary

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Ye have forgotten

The exhortation

Hebrews 12:7

Proverbs 3:11

Despise

Nor faint

General references

Hebrews 12:12

Bible References

Ye have forgotten

"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children--

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

The exhortation

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?

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,

Despise

"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

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.

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

Nor faint

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

And Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.

And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

General references

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,