See how happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline and teach from your law
to give him relief from troubled times until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I could learn your statutes.
Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son, and do not loathe his discipline;
for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
but when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.