Bible Verses About Chastisement

they couldn't stand to eat anything; they were near the gates of death.

In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress;

he sent his word and healed them, he delivered them from destruction.

Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

Those who go down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,

saw the works of ADONAI, his wonders in the deep.

For at his word the storm-wind arose, lifting up towering waves.

The sailors were raised up to the sky, then plunged into the depths. At the danger, their courage failed them,

they reeled and staggered like drunk men, and all their skill was swallowed up.

In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.

He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,

and they rejoiced as the sea grew calm. Then he brought them safely to their desired port.

My son, don't despise ADONAI's discipline or resent his reproof;

for ADONAI corrects those he loves like a father who delights in his son.

In fact, it was our diseases he bore, our pains from which he suffered; yet we regarded him as punished, stricken and afflicted by God.

But he was wounded because of our crimes, crushed because of our sins; the disciplining that makes us whole fell on him, and by his bruises we are healed.

For I will not fight them forever or always nurse my anger; otherwise their spirits would faint before me, the creatures I myself have made.

It was because of their flagrant greed that I was angry and struck them; I hid myself and was angry, but they continued on their own rebellious way.

I have seen their ways, and I will heal them; I will lead them and give comfort to them and to those who mourn for them

"I hear Efrayim bemoaning himself: 'You disciplined me, and I took your discipline like a young ox not used to a yoke. Let me return, and I will return, for you are ADONAI, my God.

Yes, I turned away; but later I repented. When I had been made to understand, I struck my thigh in shame and remorse, bearing the weight of the disgrace acquired when I was young.'

"Isn't Efrayim my very dear son, a child who delights me so? I speak about him all the time, I can't help but recall him to mind. In sum, I deeply yearn for him; I will surely show him favor," says ADONAI.

Also you have forgotten the counsel which speaks with you as sons: “My son, don’t despise the discipline of Adonai or become despondent when he corrects you.

For Adonai disciplines those he loves and whips everyone he accepts as a son.”

Regard your endurance as discipline; God is dealing with you as sons. For what son goes undisciplined by his father?