Cross references

Hebrews 12:7

Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Hebrews 12:7 BSB

Hebrews 12:7 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 8:5 (15 votes) and Proverbs 19:18 (15 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Exodus 1 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Hebrews 12:7 point to?

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

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

  2. Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

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

  4. A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

  5. Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

  6. Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

  7. 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.

  8. Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

  9. I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

  10. And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!” So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

Which verses point to Hebrews 12:7?

The 10 strongest of 37.