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Hebrews 12:7–10

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If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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.
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From verse 7

  1. Proverbs 19:18Rank 1 from verse 7
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    18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  2. Deuteronomy 8:5Rank 2 from verse 7
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    5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

  3. Proverbs 13:24Rank 3 from verse 7
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    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  4. Proverbs 29:15Rank 4 from verse 7
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    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  5. Proverbs 29:17Rank 5 from verse 7
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    17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  6. Proverbs 23:13–14Rank 6 from verse 7
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    13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

  7. 2 Samuel 7:14Rank 7 from verse 7
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    14I 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:

  8. Job 34:31–32Rank 8 from verse 7
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    31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

    32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  9. 1 Kings 2:24–25Rank 9 from verse 7
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    24Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

    25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

  10. 1 Samuel 3:13Rank 10 from verse 7
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    13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

  11. 1 Kings 1:6Rank 11 from verse 7
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    6And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

  12. 1 Samuel 2:29Rank 12 from verse 7
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    29Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

  13. 1 Samuel 2:34Rank 13 from verse 7
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    34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

  14. Proverbs 22:15Rank 14 from verse 7
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  15. Acts 14:22Rank 15 from verse 7
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    22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

From verse 8

  1. Hebrews 12:6Rank 1 from verse 8
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    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

  2. 1 Peter 5:9–10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

    10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  3. Psalms 73:1Rank 3 from verse 8
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    1TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

  4. Psalms 73:14–15Rank 4 from verse 8
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    14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

    15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

From verse 9

  1. Numbers 16:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  2. Numbers 27:16Rank 2 from verse 9
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    16Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

  3. Isaiah 42:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5¶ Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

  4. John 3:6Rank 4 from verse 9
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  5. Job 12:10Rank 5 from verse 9
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    10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

  6. Zechariah 12:1Rank 6 from verse 9
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    1THE burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

  7. Exodus 20:12Rank 7 from verse 9
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  8. Isaiah 38:16Rank 8 from verse 9
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    16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

  9. James 4:7Rank 9 from verse 9
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    7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  10. 1 Peter 5:6Rank 10 from verse 9
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    6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

  11. Isaiah 57:16Rank 11 from verse 9
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    16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

  12. Leviticus 19:3Rank 12 from verse 9
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    3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  13. Proverbs 30:17Rank 13 from verse 9
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    17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  14. Deuteronomy 27:16Rank 14 from verse 9
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    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  15. Romans 9:5Rank 15 from verse 9
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    5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

  16. Deuteronomy 21:18–21Rank 16 from verse 9
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    18¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

    19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

    20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  17. Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 17 from verse 9
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    7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  18. Ephesians 6:1–4Rank 18 from verse 9
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    1CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

    3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  19. Ezekiel 22:7Rank 19 from verse 9
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    7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  20. James 4:10Rank 20 from verse 9
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    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  21. Malachi 1:6Rank 21 from verse 9
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    6¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

  22. Acts 2:30Rank 22 from verse 9
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    30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

  23. Romans 1:3Rank 23 from verse 9
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    3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

  24. Romans 9:3Rank 24 from verse 9
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    3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

From verse 10

  1. 2 Peter 1:4Rank 1 from verse 10
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    4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

  2. Leviticus 11:44–45Rank 2 from verse 10
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    44For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    45For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  3. Titus 2:14Rank 3 from verse 10
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  4. Ephesians 5:26–27Rank 4 from verse 10
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    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

    27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

  5. Ezekiel 36:25–27Rank 5 from verse 10
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  6. Leviticus 19:2Rank 6 from verse 10
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    2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

  7. Colossians 1:22Rank 7 from verse 10
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    22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

  8. Ephesians 4:24Rank 8 from verse 10
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    24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  9. Psalms 17:15Rank 9 from verse 10
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    15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

  10. 1 Peter 1:15–16Rank 10 from verse 10
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    15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

    16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  11. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 11 from verse 10
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    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  12. 1 Peter 2:9Rank 12 from verse 10
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    9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  13. Hebrews 12:5–6Rank 13 from verse 10
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    5And 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:

    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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Hebrews 12:7

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

endure

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1. To continue, remain, last, or abide. 2. To bear, tolerate, withstand, or undergo. 3. To persevere without giving way.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

chastening

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of chasten, meaning to correct or discipline, often through reproof or suffering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 12:8

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bastards

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Persons who, in the relationship being described, are not acknowledged or treated as true sons.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 12:9

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reverence

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Sense 1: Respect or honour mingled with fear or awe; an outward act of such respect. Sense 2: To regard or treat with such respect or honour, sometimes shown by bowing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

subjection

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The condition of being under authority, control, obedience, restraint, or discipline.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 12:10

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

chastened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of chasten, meaning to correct or discipline, often through reproof or suffering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

holiness

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The quality or state of being holy: purity, separation from evil, or consecration to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

12:5And 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:

12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

12:7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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12:8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

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12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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12:10For 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.

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12:11Now 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.

12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

12:13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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