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Hbr 12:5 — And 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

ye have forgotten		Deu 4:9,10; Psa 119:16,83,109; Pro 3:1; Pro 4:5; Mat 16:9,10; Luk 24:6,8
the exhortation		Hbr 12:7; Pro 3:11,12
despise		Job 5:17,18; Job 34:31; Psa 94:12; Psa 118:18; Psa 119:75; Jer 31:18; 1Cr 11:32; Jam 1:12; Rev 3:19
nor faint		Hbr 12:3,4; Jos 7:7-11; 2Sa 6:7-10; 1Ch 13:9-13; 1Ch 15:12,13; Psa 6:1,2; 2Cr 4:8,9; 2Cr 12:9,10

Correlating Passages

ye have forgotten

	Deu 4:9	Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
	Deu 4:10	[Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
	Psa 119:16	I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
	Psa 119:83	For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
	Psa 119:109	My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
	Pro 3:1	My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
	Pro 4:5	Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
	Mat 16:9	Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
	Mat 16:10	Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
	Luk 24:6	He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
	Luk 24:8	And they remembered his words,

the exhortation

	Hbr 12:7	If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
	Pro 3:11	My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
	Pro 3:12	For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

despise

	Job 5:17	Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
	Job 5:18	For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
	Job 34:31	Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
	Psa 94:12	Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
	Psa 118:18	The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
	Psa 119:75	I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
	Jer 31:18	I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
	1Cr 11:32	But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
	Jam 1:12	Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
	Rev 3:19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

nor faint

	Hbr 12:3	For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
	Hbr 12:4	Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
	Jos 7:7	And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
	Jos 7:8	O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
	Jos 7:9	For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
	Jos 7:10	And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
	Jos 7:11	Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.
	2Sa 6:7	And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for [his] error; and there he died by the ark of God.
	2Sa 6:8	And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
	2Sa 6:9	And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
	2Sa 6:10	So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
	1Ch 13:9	And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
	1Ch 13:10	And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
	1Ch 13:11	And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
	1Ch 13:12	And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me?
	1Ch 13:13	So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
	1Ch 15:12	And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.
	1Ch 15:13	For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
	Psa 6:1	[[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
	Psa 6:2	Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
	2Cr 4:8	[We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
	2Cr 4:9	Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
	2Cr 12:9	And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
	2Cr 12:10	Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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Scott, Thomas. "Hebrews 12:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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