The LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. - Proverbs 3:12
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. - Deuteronomy 32:39
I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. - Jeremiah 29:11
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. - Isaiah 55:8
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. - Deuteronomy 8:5
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. - Hebrews 12:11
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:6
I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. - Psalms 119:75
Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally published by Samuel Bagster in 1875.
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