49 Bible Verses about discipline, divine
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For, whom the Lord loveth, he doth, discipline, and scourgeth every son whom he doth welcome home.
For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.
I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
For, the momentary lightness of thee tribulation, in a manner yet more and more excelling, is working out for us, an age-abiding weight of glory, - So long as we are not looking out for the visible things, but for the invisible; for, the visible things, are temporary, whereas, the invisible, are age-abiding.
I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.
Thou must consider, then with thy heart, - that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.
For I reckon that unworthy are the sufferings of the present season to be compared with the glory about to be revealed towards us;
All the commandment which I am commanding thee to-day, shalt thou, observe, to do, - that ye may, live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land, which Yahweh sware unto your fathers. So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert, - that he might humble time to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart, - whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not. So he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou hadst not known, neither had thy fathers' known, - that he might lead thee to consider that not on bread alone, shall the son of earth live, but on whatsoever cometh from the bidding of Yahweh, shall the son of earth live.read more.
Thy mantle, hath not fallen with age from off thee, and, thy foot, hath not become swollen, - these forty years. Thou must consider, then with thy heart, - that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.
Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him.
I, will become his father, And, he, shall become my son: If he commit iniquity, then will I correct him, with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men;
And ye must know to-day, (for not with your sons do I speak who know not, neither have they seen) the discipline of Yahweh your God, - his greatness, his firm hand, and his stretched-out arm; and his signs and his doings, which he did in the midst of Egypt, - unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto all his land; and what he did unto the forces of Egypt - unto his horses and unto his chariots in that he caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow over their faces, when they were pursuing after you, - and so Yahweh destroyed them (unto this day);read more.
and what he did unto you, in the desert, - until ye came in as far as this place; and what he did to Dathan and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, in that the earth opened wide her mouth, and swallowed-up them and their households and their tents, - and all the living things that attended them, in the midst of all Israel. For yours, are the eyes that have seen every great deed of Yahweh, - which he hath done.
For the sake of discipline, persevere! As towards sons, God, beareth himself, towards you; for who is a son whom a father doth not discipline?
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however - to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness.
Thus saith Yahweh - Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, - I - Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go.
And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, with you as with sons, doth reason: - My son! be not slighting the discipline of the Lord, neither be fainting, when by him, thou art reproved;
Every scripture, is God-breathed, and profitable - unto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto the discipline that is in righteousness, -
Because, if I even grieved you by the letter, I do not regret, - though I could even have regretted, - I see that that letter, if even for an hour, did cause you grief.
Wherefore, lest I should be unduly lifted up, there was given to me a thorn o in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me, - lest I should be unduly lifted up. In this behalf, thrice, besought I, the Lord, that it might depart from me; And at once he said unto me - Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me.read more.
Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.
Out of the heavens, he let thee hear his voice to instruct thee, - and, upon the earth, he let thee see his great fire, and his own words, thou didst hear out of the midst of the fire.
I have said beforehand, and do say beforehand, - as present the second time, although now absent, unto them who before sinned, and unto all the rest, - that, if I come again, I will not spare.
The secret things, belong unto Yahweh our God and, the things that are revealed, belong to us and to our children unto times age-abiding, that we may do all the words of this law.
And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.
But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone, - If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother;
Wherein ye exult, though, for a little, just now, if needful, put to grief in manifold temptations, In order that the proving of your faith - much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved - may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ, -
For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, - when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth, Putting us under discipline - in order that, - denying ourselves of ungodliness and worldly covetings, in a soberminded and righteous and godly manner, we should live, in the present age,
On all hands, there is reported to be among you - fornication, and such fornication as this - which, not among the nations, is found , - as that one should have, his father's wife: - And, ye, have become puffed up, and have not rather mourned, in order that he might be removed out of your midst, who, this deed, hath wrought. For, I, indeed, - being absent in the body, but present in the spirit, have already judged, as present, him who, thus, this thing hath perpetrated: -read more.
In the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, To deliver such a one as this, unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, - that, the spirit, may be saved in the day of the Lord. Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump? Purge ye out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, - even as ye are unleavened; for, our passover, hath even been sacrificed - Christ:
And, if anyone be not giving ear unto our word through means of this letter, on this one, set a mark - not to be mixing yourselves up with him, - that he may be reproved;
And, if even with these things, ye will not hearken unto me, Then will I yet further correct you seven times, for your sins.
But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: -
Sufficient, unto such a one, the punishment itself which was inflicted by the many;
And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.
Great in counsel, and mighty in deed, - Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto every one, According to his ways, and According to the fruit of his doings:
But, if he do not hearken, take with thee, yet one or two, that, at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every declaration, maybe established;
And, a slaughter, have apostates deeply designed, - though, I, was a rebuker to them all.
Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, the mouth of two, or three, witnesses;
When, I, had warned them, I strengthened their arm, - yet, against me, kept they on devising wickedness. They would return - not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
But, being brought under judgment, by the Lord, are we being disciplined, lest, with the world, we should be condemned.
If however ye are without discipline, whereof, all, have received a share, then, are ye, bastards, and, not sons.
Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live?
For, they, indeed, for a few days, according to that which seemed good to them, were administering discipline; but, he, unto that which is profitable, with view to our partaking of his holiness:
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse; For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence; For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;