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1 Corinthians 11 32
But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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2 Corinthians 6 9
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed;
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Job 5:17-18
“ Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.
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Hebrews 12:10-11
For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable 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 instruct, O Lord, And teach out of Your law,That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
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Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction;For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
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2 Corinthians 1 9-2 Corinthians 1 11
Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
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Psalms 66:10-12
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs.You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
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Jonah 2:6
I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have 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 seals their instruction.In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.“ Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.“ If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness,Then He is gracious to him, and says,‘ Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’;His flesh shall be young like a child’s, He shall return to the days of his youth.He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness.Then he looks at men and says,‘ I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.’He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.“ Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man,To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
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2 Samuel 13 1-2 Samuel 13 39
After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to her.But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Now Jonadab was a very crafty man.And he said to him,“ Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him,“ I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”So 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,‘ Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king,“ Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”And David sent home to Tamar, saying,“ Now go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.And she took the pan and placed them out before him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said,“ Have everyone go out from me.” And they all went out from him.Then Amnon said to Tamar,“ Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom.Now when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her,“ Come, lie with me, my sister.”But she answered him,“ No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, 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,“ Arise, be gone!”So she said to him,“ No, indeed! This evil of sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.Then he called his servant who attended him, and said,“ Here! Put this woman out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.”Now she had on a robe of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such apparel. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her.Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.And Absalom her brother said to her,“ Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Then Absalom came to the king and said,“ Kindly note, 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 now, lest we be a burden to you.” Then he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.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 urged him; so he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying,“ Watch now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you,‘ Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.And it came to pass, while they were on the way, that news came to David, saying,“ Absalom has killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left!”So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said,“ Let not my Lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.Now therefore, let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead.”Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there, many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him.And Jonadab said to the king,“ Look, the king’s sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.”So it was, as soon as he had finished speaking, that the king’s sons indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. Also the king 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 every day.So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.
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2 Samuel 16 1-2 Samuel 16 23
When David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.And the king said to Ziba,“ What do you mean to do with these?” So Ziba said,“ 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 are faint in the wilderness to drink.”Then the king said,“ And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king,“ Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said,‘ Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”So the king said to Ziba,“ Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said,“ I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my Lord, O king!”Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came.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.Also Shimei said thus when he cursed:“ Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue!The Lord has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man!”Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king,“ Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king? Please, let me go over and take off his head!”But the king said,“ What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the Lord has said to him,‘ Curse David.’ Who then shall say,‘ Why have you done so?’”And David said to Abishai and all his servants,“ See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the Lord has ordered him.It may be that the Lord will look on my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing this day.”And as David and his men went along the road, Shimei went along the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him and kicked up dust.Now the king and all the people who were with him became weary; so they refreshed themselves there.Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him.And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom,“ Long live the king! Long live the king!”So 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, but whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain.Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so will I be in your presence.”Then Absalom said to Ahithophel,“ Give advice as to what we should do.”And 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 are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
