No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it. Cross References Isaiah 19:22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. 2 Timothy 4:8 From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. 1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials Treasury of Scripture Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby. no chastening. Psalm 89:32 Psalm 118:18 Proverbs 15:10 nevertheless. Hebrews 12:5,6,10 peaceable. Psalm 119:165 Isaiah 32:17 Romans 5:3-5 exercised. Hebrews 5:14 1 Timothy 4:7,8 2 Peter 2:14 |
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