Hebrews 12:5

They had forgotten Scripture's exhortation that addresses them as God's children: do not despise the Lord's discipline or lose heart under his reproof. Trials are to be received as a Father's loving correction.

Cross-references · 28

• Prov 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
• Job 5:17–18Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
• Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
• Ps 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
• 2 Cor 4:8–9We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Ps 118:18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
• Ps 119:109I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
• Jer 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
• Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
• Heb 12:3–4Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• Heb 12:7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
• Deut 4:9–10Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Ps 6:1–2For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• 2 Sam 6:7–10And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
• Josh 7:7–11“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
• Prov 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• Ps 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
• Prov 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
• 1 Chr 15:12–13And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Ps 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
• Luke 24:6He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
• Luke 24:8Then they remembered His words.
• 1 Chr 13:9–13When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
• Matt 16:9–10Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

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