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and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons,

[a]My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord,
Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

[b]It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:5 Prov. 3:11f.
  2. Hebrews 12:7 Or, Endure unto chastening