Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth. Prov. 3:12
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. Deut. 32:39
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jer. 29:11
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isa. 55:8
As a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Deut. 8:5
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Heb. 12:11
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. I Pet. 5:6
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Psa. 119:75