(NIV)
‘“If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile towards me,
“And if by
this discipline you are not
turned to me but
walk contrary to me,
(NIV)
He makes them listen to correction
and commands them to repent of their evil.
He
opens their
ears to
instruction and
commands that they
return from iniquity.
(NIV)
He brings the clouds to punish people,
or to water his earth and show his love.
Whether for
correction or for his
land or for
love, he causes it to
happen.
(NIV)
You will say, ‘How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
and you
say,
“
How I
hated discipline,
and my
heart despised reproof!
(NIV)
For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
For the
commandment is a
lamp and the
teaching a
light,
and the
reproofs of
discipline are the
way of
life,
(NIV)
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Whoever heeds instruction is on the
path to
life,
but he who
rejects reproof leads others
astray.
(NIV)
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.
Whoever
loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who
hates reproof is
stupid.
(NIV)
Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,
but whoever heeds correction is honoured.
Poverty and
disgrace come to him who
ignores instruction,
but
whoever heeds
reproof is
honored.
(NIV)
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
A
fool despises his
father’s instruction,
but
whoever heeds reproof is
prudent.
(NIV)
Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
the one who hates correction will die.
There is
severe discipline for him who
forsakes the
way;
whoever
hates reproof will
die.
(NIV)
Mockers resent correction,
so they avoid the wise.
A
scoffer does
not like to be
reproved;
he will
not go to the
wise.
(NIV)
Whoever heeds life-giving correction
will be at home among the wise.
The
ear that
listens to
life-giving reproof will
dwell among the
wise.
(NIV)
Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,
but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
Whoever ignores
instruction despises himself,
but he who
listens to
reproof gains intelligence.
(NIV)
‘In vain I punished your people;
they did not respond to correction.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravenous lion.
In
vain have I
struck your
children;
they
took no correction;
your own
sword devoured your
prophets like a
ravening lion.
(NIV)
Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
You struck them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them but they refused correction.
They made their faces harder than stone
and refused to repent.
(ESV)
O
Lord, do
not your
eyes look for
truth?
You have
struck them down,
but they felt
no anguish;
you have
consumed them,
but they
refused to
take correction.
They have made their
faces harder than rock;
they have
refused to
repent.
(NIV)
Therefore say to them, “This is the nation that has not obeyed the
Lord its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
And you shall
say to them, ‘
This is the
nation that did
not obey the
voice of the
Lord their
God, and did
not accept discipline;
truth has
perished; it is
cut off from their
lips.
(NIV)
She obeys no one,
she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the
Lord,
she does not draw near to her God.
She
listens to
no voice;
she
accepts no correction.
She does not
trust in the
Lord;
she does not draw
near to her
God.
(NIV)
Of Jerusalem I thought,
“Surely you will fear me
and accept correction!”
Then her place of refuge would not be destroyed,
nor all my punishments come upon her.
But they were still eager
to act corruptly in all they did.
I
said, ‘
Surely you will
fear me;
you will
accept correction.
Then your
dwelling would
not be
cut off according to
all that I have
appointed against you.’
But all the more they
were eager to make all their
deeds corrupt.
(NIV)
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All Scripture is breathed out by
God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof,
for correction, and
for training in righteousness,
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