Revelation 3:19

Christ reproves and disciplines those he loves and calls them to be zealous and repent. It matters because his rebuke is an expression of love seeking their restoration.

Cross-references · 30

• Prov 3:11–12My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
• 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
• Heb 12:5–11And 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:
• Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
• Rev 2:5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
• 2 Cor 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
• Jer 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
• Jer 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
• Prov 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
• 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:
• Rev 2:21–22And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
• Deut 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
• Prov 15:32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
• Jer 7:28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
• Isa 26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
• Ps 69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
• Ps 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
• John 2:17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
• Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Ps 94:10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
• Prov 15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
• Rom 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• Ps 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Jer 30:11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
• 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.
• Num 25:11–13Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
• 2 Cor 6:9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
• Gal 4:18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
• Jer 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Zeph 3:2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

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