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:

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.

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

{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

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

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

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

The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and {the man of} wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. {the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is}

{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

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

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:

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

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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

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.

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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

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:

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

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

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. {invade...: or, cut them in pieces}

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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

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

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. {set: Heb. made}

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong {pain}:

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

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

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

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.

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

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also {that is} born unto thee shall surely die.

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}

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord {said} unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. {depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed}