Hebrews 12:5-11

Do Not Grow Weary

⁵ And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
_f "My son, _g do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
⁶ For _h the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives."

⁷ It is for discipline that you have to endure. _i God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ If you are left without discipline, _j in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to _k the Father of spirits _l and live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, _m that we may share his holiness. ¹¹ _n For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields _o the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 3:11 - 12
   My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline or be weary of his reproof.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 5:17
   Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 3:11 - 12
   My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline or be weary of his reproof.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 94:12
   Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law.
   Psalms 119:67
   Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
   Psalms 119:75
   I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
   Revelation 3:19
   Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 8:5
   Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
   2 Samuel 7:14
   I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
   Proverbs 13:24
   Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
   Proverbs 19:18
   Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
   Proverbs 23:13
   Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Peter 5:9
   Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
   
7. Cross References
   Numbers 16:22
   And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 38:16
   O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!
   
9. Cross References
   2 Peter 1:4
   By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
   Leviticus 11:44
   For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
   
10. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:6
    In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.
    
11. Cross References
    James 3:17 - 18
    But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.