The Blessings of Divine Discipline

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Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.

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For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.

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In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.

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In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

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Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

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In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.

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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.

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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.

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Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

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Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.