Psalms 119:67
67 aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,but now I keep your word.
Psalms 119:71
71It is bgood for me that I was afflicted,that I might learn your statutes.
Jeremiah 31:18-19
18I have heard cEphraim grieving,‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
dbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19For after eI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, fI struck my thigh;
gI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Hebrews 12:11
11 hFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields ithe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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