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

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

As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: {sentence: or, answer}

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

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars {was} about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, {he...: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncovereth}

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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}

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

And when David was a little past the top {of the hill}, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred {loaves} of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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.

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

[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 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:

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

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Hezekiah also had said, What {is} the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue {loosed}, and he spake, and praised God.

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: