Deuteronomy 8:5 Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5

5: So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines a child, the LORD your God disciplines you to help you.

I am the one who corrects and disciplines everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference.

For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will use other nations to punish him.

"But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the chastening of the Almighty when you sin.
For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.

And have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, his children? He said, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you.
For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children."
As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?
If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all.
Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?

But when we are judged and disciplined by the Lord, we will not be condemned with the world.

Happy are those whom you discipline, LORD, and those whom you teach from your law.

They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

"But watch out! Be very careful never to forget what you have seen the LORD do for you. Do not let these things escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.

So be careful not to break the covenant the LORD your God has made with you. You will break it if you make idols of any shape or form, for the LORD your God has absolutely forbidden this.

So now put on a demonstration to show them what it will be like to go off into exile. Pack whatever you can carry on your back and leave your home to go on a journey. Make your preparations in broad daylight so the people can see you, for perhaps they will even yet consider what this means, even though they are such rebels.

Even the animals--the donkey and the ox--know their owner and appreciate his care, but not my people Israel. No matter what I do for them, they still do not understand."

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