Reproof: God Gives Reproof to his own Children
Source: TTT
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
Job 5:17
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Psalm 94:12
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Psalm 119:67, 71, 75
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. / It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. / I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Hebrews 12:6, 7
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?