Psalm 119:71

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⁷¹It was good for me to be afflicted^(A)
so that I might learn your decrees.

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Psalm 119:75

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⁷⁵I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,^(A)
and that in faithfulness^(B) you have afflicted me.

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Jeremiah 31:18-19

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¹⁸“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹After I strayed,^(D)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat^(E) my breast.
I was ashamed^(F) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’^(G)

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Hebrews 12:5-11

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⁵And 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,
⁶because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,^(B)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”^[a]^(C)

⁷Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father? ⁸If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline^(E)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. ⁹Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits^(F) and live!^(G) ¹⁰They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.^(H) ¹¹No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace^(I) for those who have been trained by it.