"Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked" - Psalms 94:12-13 KJV

"And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth…

"Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live" - Hebrews 12:9 KJV

"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" - Hebrews 12:11 KJV

"Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish" - Proverbs 12:1 KJV

"O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing" - Jeremiah 10:24 KJV

"But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world" - 1 Corinthians 11:32 KJV

"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:" - Proverbs 6:23 KJV

"Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:" - Job 5:17 KJV

"My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth" - Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV