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Hebrews 12:6

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adoption;   Afflictions and Adversities;   Chastisement;   God Continued...;   Perseverance;   Quotations and Allusions;   Resignation;   The Topic Concordance - Chastisement;   Despisement;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Adoption;   Afflictions;   Love of God, the;   Reproof;   Resignation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Backsliding;   Chastisement;   Judgment;   Justification;   Love;   Parents;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Endurance;   Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Providence of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Adoption;   Faithfulness of God;   Wisdom of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adoption;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evil;   Exhortation;   Hebrews;   Judgment Day;   Perseverance;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Evil;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Chastisement;   Comfort;   Discipline;   Discipline (2);   Evil (2);   Grief ;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Hermas Shepherd of;   Love;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chastening;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chastening;   Jehoiada;   Love;   Sons of God (New Testament);  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for November 20;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 4;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for the Lord disciplines the one he lovesand punishes every son he receives.
King James Version (1611)
For whome the Lord loueth hee chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth.
King James Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
English Standard Version
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."
New American Standard Bible
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE PUNISHES EVERY SON WHOM HE ACCEPTS."
New Century Version
The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child." Proverbs 3:11–12
New American Standard Bible (1995)
FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
Legacy Standard Bible
For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,And He flogs every son whom He receives."
Berean Standard Bible
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives."
Contemporary English Version
The Lord corrects the people he loves and disciplines those he calls his own."
Complete Jewish Bible
For Adonai disciplines those he loves and whips everyone he accepts as a son."
Darby Translation
for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord disciplines everyone he loves; he punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
Geneva Bible (1587)
For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:
George Lamsa Translation
For whom the LORD loves, he chastens him, and disciplines the sons with whom he is pleased.
Good News Translation
Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
Lexham English Bible
For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and punishes every son whom he accepts."
Literal Translation
For whom the Lord loves, He disciplines, and whips every son whom He receives." Prov. 3:11, 12
Amplified Bible
FOR THE LORD DISCIPLINES and CORRECTS THOSE WHOM HE LOVES, AND HE PUNISHES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES and WELCOMES [TO HIS HEART]."
American Standard Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Hebrew Names Version
For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."
International Standard Version
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,Psalm 94:12; 119:75; Proverbs 3:12; James 1:12; Revelation 3:19;">[xr] and he punisheswhips
">[fn] every son he accepts."Proverbs 3:11-12">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
for whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth, and scourgeth those children in whom he taketh pleasure.
Murdock Translation
For, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and he scourgeth those sons, for whom he hath kind regards.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth.
English Revised Version
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
World English Bible
For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For whom the Lord loveth, he chastneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Weymouth's New Testament
for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines: and He scourges every son whom He acknowledges."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the Lord chastisith hym that he loueth; he betith euery sone that he resseyueth.
Update Bible Version
For whom the Lord loves he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives.
Webster's Bible Translation
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
New English Translation
" For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts ."
New King James Version
For whom the Lord loves He chastens,And scourges every son whom He receives." Proverbs 3:11, 12 ">[fn]
New Living Translation
For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child."
New Life Bible
The Lord punishes everyone He loves. He whips every son He receives."
New Revised Standard
for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, whom the Lord loveth, he doth, discipline, and scourgeth every son whom he doth welcome home.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth: and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Revised Standard Version
For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For whom the Lorde loveth him he chasteneth: yee and he scourgeth every sonne that he receaveth.
Young's Literal Translation
for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for who the LORDE loueth, him he chasteneth, yee and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for whom the Lord loveth, he chastises, and scourgeth every son whom he receives."
Simplified Cowboy Version
The Lord corrects those he loves and he will even lay out some punishment that is good for his children."

Contextual Overview

4In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through—all that bloodshed! So don't feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children? My dear child, don't shrug off God's discipline, but don't be crushed by it either. It's the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects. God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training, the normal experience of children. Only irresponsible parents leave children to fend for themselves. Would you prefer an irresponsible God? We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God's training so we can truly live? While we were children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God's holy best. At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God. 12So don't sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet! Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it! 14Work at getting along with each other and with God. Otherwise you'll never get so much as a glimpse of God. Make sure no one gets left out of God's generosity. Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time. Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God's lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite. You well know how Esau later regretted that impulsive act and wanted God's blessing—but by then it was too late, tears or no tears.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whom: Deuteronomy 8:5, Psalms 32:1-5, Psalms 73:14, Psalms 73:15, Psalms 89:30-34, Psalms 119:71, Psalms 119:75, Proverbs 3:12, Proverbs 13:24, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 10:24, James 1:12, James 5:11, Revelation 3:19

and scourgeth: Hebrews 12:7, Hebrews 12:8, 2 Samuel 7:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:12 - But the more Deuteronomy 4:22 - General Ruth 1:3 - and she was 1 Samuel 30:3 - burned 2 Samuel 12:14 - the child 2 Samuel 24:12 - that I may 1 Kings 1:6 - had not 2 Chronicles 20:37 - the Lord Psalms 37:25 - yet Psalms 39:11 - When Psalms 89:32 - General Proverbs 3:11 - My Proverbs 19:29 - and Ezekiel 14:22 - therein Micah 7:9 - bear Habakkuk 1:12 - for Zechariah 1:15 - for Mark 3:10 - as many Luke 7:21 - plagues John 11:3 - he John 16:27 - the Father Romans 8:28 - we know 2 Corinthians 6:13 - I speak Ephesians 6:17 - which Hebrews 12:10 - but he Hebrews 12:11 - nevertheless

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife? Why did you say, ‘She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back—take her and get out!"
Genesis 33:18
And that's how it happened that Jacob arrived all in one piece in Shechem in the land of Canaan—all the way from Paddan Aram. He camped near the city. He bought the land where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He paid a hundred silver coins for it. Then he built an altar there and named it El-Elohe-Israel (Mighty Is the God of Israel).
Genesis 35:4
They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob.
Joshua 20:7
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hills of Naphtali, Shechem in the hills of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hills of Judah.
Joshua 24:32
Joseph's bones, which the People of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the plot of ground that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor (who was the father of Shechem). He paid a hundred silver coins for it. It belongs to the inheritance of the family of Joseph.
Judges 7:1
Jerub-Baal (Gideon) got up early the next morning, all his troops right there with him. They set up camp at Harod's Spring. The camp of Midian was in the plain, north of them near the Hill of Moreh.
Judges 9:1
Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to his uncles and all his mother's relatives and said to them, "Ask all the leading men of Shechem, ‘What do you think is best, that seventy men rule you—all those sons of Jerub-Baal—or that one man rule? You'll remember that I am your own flesh and blood.'"
1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death he had come back.
Acts 7:16
Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.' "So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. ‘But,' God said, ‘I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.' "Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign. "But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs. "Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt. "Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,.... All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has chosen in Christ; for whom he has given his Son, when they were sinners and enemies; whom he quickens and calls by his grace, justifies, pardons, and accepts in Christ; and whom he causes to love him; these he loves with an everlasting and unchangeable love, and in a free and sovereign way, without any regard to any motive or condition in them. Now these are chastened by him, and loved while they are chastened; their chastening is in love, as appears from the nature of God's love to them, which changes not; from the nature of chastening itself; which is that of a father; from the divine supports granted under it; from the ends of it, which are, among others, that they might be more and more partakers of holiness, and not be condemned with the world; and from the issue of it, which is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. So the Jews p often speak of יסורין של אהבה, "chastisements of love", in distinction from evil "chastisement", or vindictive ones:

and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth; by whom are meant, not any of the angels, nor all the sons of men, but such whom God has predestinated to the adoption of children, and in the covenant of his grace has declared himself a father to; for whom Christ has a special regard, as children, and therefore partook of human nature, and died to gather them together, and redeemed them, that they might receive the adoption of children; and who appear to be the children of God by faith in Christ; and who have the spirit of adoption, witnessing their sonship to them; this is a valuable blessing of grace, and springs from love: and such are received by God into his heart's love and affection, with complacency and delight; and into the covenant of his grace, to share all the blessings and promises of it; and into his family, to enjoy all the privileges of his house, and into communion with himself; and they will be hereafter received by him into glory: now these he scourges; he suffers them sometimes to be scourged by men, and to be buffeted by Satan; and sometimes he scourges them himself with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men, but always in love.

p Zohar in Gen. fol. 39. 3. & 102. 4. & in Exod. fol. 98. 2. & 102. 2. & in Lev. fol. 19. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - This is also a quotation from Proverbs 3:0. It means that it is a universal rule that God sends trials on those whom he truly loves. It does not, of course, mean that he sends chastisement which is not deserved; or that he sends it “for the mere purpose” of inflicting pain. That cannot be. But it means that by his chastisements he shows that he has a paternal care for us. He does not treat us with neglect and unconcern, as a father often does his illegitimate child. The very fact that he corrects us shows that he has toward us a father’s feelings, and exercises toward us a paternal care. If he did not, he would let us go on without any attention, and leave us to pursue a course of sin that would involve us in ruin. To restrain and govern a child; to correct him when he errs, shows that there is a parental solicitude for him, and that he is not an outcast. And as there is in the life of every child of God something that deserves correction, it happens that it is universally true that “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.”

And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth - Whom he receives or acknowledges as his child. This is not quoted literally from the Hebrew, but from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is, “even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” The general sense of the passage is retained, as is often the case in the quotations from the Old Testament. The meaning is the same as in the former part of the verse, that every one who becomes a child of God is treated by him with that watchful care which shows that he sustains toward him the paternal relation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 12:6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth — Here is the reason why we should neither neglect correction, nor faint under it: it is a proof of the fatherly love of God Almighty, and shows his most gracious designs towards us; from which we may be fully convinced that the affliction will prove the means of good to our souls, if we make a proper use of it.

And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. — Μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον, ὁν παραδεχεται. This is a quotation, literatim from the Septuagint, of Proverbs 3:12, of which place our version is: Even as the father the son in whom he delighteth. But, howsoever near this may appear to be the Hebrew, it bears scarcely any affinity to the apostle's words. The Hebrew text is as follows: וכאב את־בן ירצה uchab eth-ben yirtseh. Now, וכאב may be a noun, compounded of the conjunction ו vau, "and," the comparative particle כ ke, "as" or "like;" and אב ab, "a father:" or it may be the third person preterite kal of כאב caab, "he spoiled, wasted, marred, ulcerated," compounded with the conjunction ו vau, "and." And in this sense the Septuagint most evidently understood it; and it is so understood by the Arabic; and both readings seem to be combined by the Syriac and Chaldee versions. And as to רצה ratsah, one of its prime meanings is to accept, to receive graciously, to take into favour; the translation, therefore, of the Septuagint and apostle is perfectly consonant to the Hebrew text, and our version of Proverbs 3:12 is wrong.


 
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