Discipline

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

For a lamp <FI>is<Fi> the command, And the law a light, And a way of life <FI>are<Fi> reproofs of instruction,

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee, — read the full passage →

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin; — read the full passage →

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak evil.

Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer <FI>is<Fi> an abomination.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

And the sons of Israel say, `Who <FI>is<Fi> he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?' for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.' — read the full passage →

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why <FI>is<Fi> this? --thou <FI>art<Fi> falling on thy face? — read the full passage →

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you. — read the full passage →

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed, — read the full passage →

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke. — read the full passage →

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom <FI>were<Fi> alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;' — read the full passage →

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise. — read the full passage →

I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations. — read the full passage →

and one of the elders saith to me, `Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David--it <FI>is<Fi> Zion; — read the full passage →

and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which <FI>is<Fi> before Egypt, in <FI>thy<Fi> going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen. — read the full passage →

Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →

Hear, and give ear--be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken. — read the full passage →

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour <FI>is<Fi> not comely for a fool. — read the full passage →

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger. — read the full passage →

An oath <FI>is<Fi> on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not. — read the full passage →

My woe <FI>is<Fi> to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul. — read the full passage →