For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Parallel translations
- WEB For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”
- BSB For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- NKJV For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”
- NASB For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”
- NLT For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”
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Quick answer
The Lord disciplines those he loves and chastens every son he receives. God's correction is a sign of his fatherly love, not his anger.
Overview
Completing the quotation from Proverbs 3, this verse states that discipline flows from love and applies to every true child of God. Far from contradicting his love, God's chastening expresses it, for he trains those he has received as sons. Believers can therefore interpret hardship as evidence of belonging to God, who shapes his children for their good.
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- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Prov 3:12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Prov 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Ps 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Jer 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
- 2 Sam 7:14I 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:
- Deut 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
- Ps 32:1–5Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Heb 12:7–8If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- Ps 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Ps 89:30–34If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- Jas 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Ps 73:14–15For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
- Isa 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
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