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He who
awithholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him bdisciplines him diligently.
b
Deuteronomy 8:5, Proverbs 3:12, Hebrews 12:7
Deuteronomy 8
5
"aThus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
Proverbs 3
12
For awhom the Lord loves He reproves, Even bas a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Hebrews 12
7
It is for discipline that you endure; aGod deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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