My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

Blessed {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.

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

I 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.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for {his} error; and there he died by the ark of God. {error: or, rashness}

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. {chief...: or, overseer} {Sheminith: or, the eighth}

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

And said unto them, Ye {are} the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, {both} ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto {the place that} I have prepared for it.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; {yet} do I not forget thy statutes.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

And they remembered his words,

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. {Chidon: also called Nachon} {stumbled: or, shook it}

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, {so} the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Blessed {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.

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let {them} slip. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels}

[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

I 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:

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. {be...: or, faint not}

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also {was a} very goodly {man}; and {his mother} bare him after Absalom. {at any...: Heb. from his days}

{Art} thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}

Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. {chastened: Heb. my chastisement was}

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. {revolt...: Heb. increase revolt}

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I {am} with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. {not leave...: or, not utterly cut thee off}

Though I have bound {and} strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. {have...: or, chastened}

Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto {my} children,) be ye also enlarged.

For this cause many {are} weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}

I 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.

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for {their} good. {them...: Heb. the captivity}

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.