Hebrews 12:7 · KJV
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”
— Hebrews 12:7
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews 12 — Context
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:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected {us}, and we gave {them} reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Cross References
Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. {for...: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die}
Deuteronomy 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, {so} the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
Job 34:31-32
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}: