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1 Corinthians 11 32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
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2 Corinthians 6 9
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
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Job 5:17-18
“ Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
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Hebrews 12:10-11
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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2 Samuel 12 10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
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Psalms 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof,for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
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2 Corinthians 1 9-2 Corinthians 1 11
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
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Psalms 66:10-12
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs;you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
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Jonah 2:6
at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
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Job 33:16-30
then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings,that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man;he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.“ Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones,so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food.His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him,and he is merciful to him, and says,‘ Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.He sings before men and says:‘ I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.’“ Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.
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2 Samuel 13 1-2 Samuel 13 39
Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her.And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.And he said to him,“ O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him,“ I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”Jonadab said to him,“ Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him,‘ Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king,“ Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”Then David sent home to Tamar, saying,“ Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare food for him.”So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said,“ Send out everyone from me.” So everyone went out from him.Then Amnon said to Tamar,“ Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her,“ Come, lie with me, my sister.”She answered him,“ No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her,“ Get up! Go!”But she said to him,“ No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.He called the young man who served him and said,“ Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her.”Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.And her brother Absalom said to her,“ Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.And Absalom came to the king and said,“ Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”But the king said to Absalom,“ No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.Then Absalom commanded his servants,“ Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you,‘ Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.While they were on the way, news came to David,“ Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said,“ Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king’s sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead.”But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.And Jonadab said to the king,“ Behold, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.”And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
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2 Samuel 16 1-2 Samuel 16 23
When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.And the king said to Ziba,“ Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered,“ The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.”And the king said,“ And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king,“ Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said,‘ Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”Then the king said to Ziba,“ Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said,“ I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.And Shimei said as he cursed,“ Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king,“ Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”But the king said,“ What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him,‘ Curse David,’ who then shall say,‘ Why have you done so?’”And David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“ Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.”So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom,“ Long live the king! Long live the king!”And Absalom said to Hushai,“ Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”And Hushai said to Absalom,“ No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”Then Absalom said to Ahithophel,“ Give your counsel. What shall we do?”Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
