Bible Cross References
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Psalm 90:12
Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.
Psalm 94:12
LORD, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!
Psalm 119:71
My punishment was good for me, because it made me learn your commands.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, "I don't enjoy life."
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.
Matthew 11:30
For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light."
Hebrews 12:5-12
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Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
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Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
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Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?
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If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.
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In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!
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Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.
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When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.
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Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees!