Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

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Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.(A)

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12 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in.(A)

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12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(A)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.(A)[a]

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

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And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(B)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](C)

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)