Hebrews 12:5-6 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord… When John Flavel lost his wife and child in one day — root and branch cut off together — he acknowledged the bitterness of the cup, but said there was not a drop of injustice in it. Under the severest losses the Marquis de Renty was wont to go to his chamber, and drop on his knees to thank God that not his own but the Lord's will was done. Parallel Verses KJV: 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: |
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