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Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves,

and He chastises every son He receives.”

Hebrews 12:6 BSB
  1. a Literally and He flogs every son He receives; Proverbs 3:11–12 (see also LXX)

Hebrews 12:6 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 3:19 (38 votes) and Proverbs 3:12 (30 votes). 50 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Exodus 1 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Hebrews 12:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Revelation 3:1938 votes

    Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

  2. Proverbs 3:1230 votes

    for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

  3. Psalm 119:7523 votes

    I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

  4. Proverbs 13:2417 votes

    He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

  5. Psalm 94:1216 votes

    Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

  6. Jeremiah 10:2411 votes

    Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

  7. Deuteronomy 8:510 votes

    So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  8. 2 Samuel 7:1410 votes

    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

  9. Hebrews 12:7–810 votes

    Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

  10. Psalm 32:1–59 votes

    Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. …

  11. Psalm 89:30–346 votes
  12. Psalm 119:716 votes
  13. James 1:126 votes

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

  14. James 5:115 votes
  15. Psalm 73:14–153 votes

    For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

  16. Isaiah 27:92 votes

Which verses point to Hebrews 12:6?

The 10 strongest of 50.