Deuteronomy 8:5

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⁵Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.^(A)

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Job 5:17

New International Version

¹⁷“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;^(A)
so do not despise the discipline^(B) of the Almighty.^[a]^(C)

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Footnotes

Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

Job 5:17 in all English translations

Psalm 119:71

New International Version

⁷¹It was good for me to be afflicted^(A)
so that I might learn your decrees.

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Proverbs 3:11-12

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¹¹My son,^(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(B)
and do not resent his rebuke,
¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(C)
as a father the son he delights in.^[a]^(D)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

Hebrews 12:5-6

New International Version

⁵And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart^(A) when he rebukes you,
⁶because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,^(B)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”^[a]^(C)