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 heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;

I will delight myself 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 understanding. Do not forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

He is not here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

The exhortation

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

Despise

"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.

"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law;

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

LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.

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

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Nor faint

For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you do not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.

Joshua said, "Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan.

The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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

LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

General references

Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,