W O R D S T U D I E S

1 · D i s c i p l i n e · B y G o d · B y A P a r e n t · S e l f - D i s c i p l i n e

Comment Scripture

By God · to His followers “ ‘And if in spite of these things you do not listen to me, then I will continue to disci- Lev
26:18
Discipline (Old Covenant). pline you seven times for your sins.
And you should know with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh Deu
8:5
your God is disciplining you.
“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Job
5:17-18
Almighty when you sin. For though He wounds, He also bandages. He strikes, but His
hands also heal.
So He opens their ear to the discipline, and He commands that they return from Job
36:10-12
mischief. If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity and their
years in pleasantness. But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword, and they pass
away without knowledge.
O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath. Psa
6:1-2
 Yah has disciplined me severely, but He did not consign me to death. Open to me the Psa
118:19
gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to Yah.
He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke is stupid. Pro 12:1

Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck Jer
17:23
so as to not hear, nor to receive discipline.
‘You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like a calf that is not trained. Bring me back Jer
31:18
and let me return, for you are Yahweh my God.

By God · to His followers Because of this, many are weak and sick among you, and quite a few have died. But 1Cor
11:32
(New Covenant). if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged. But if we are judged by the
Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned ...
Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in 2Cor
6:1-10
vain. [...] commending ourselves as servants of God in every way [...] and behold, we go
on living, as disciplined, and yet not put to death, as grieving, but always rejoicing, as
poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or give up when you are corrected Heb
12:5-11
by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one whom He loves, and punishes every son whom
He accepts.” Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is
there whom a father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, in which all
legitimate sons have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons. [...]
He does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in His holiness.  Now all
discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the
peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent! Rev 3:19

By God · to His church.
But Peter said, “Ananias, for what reason has Satan filled your heart, that you lied Act
5:3-11
to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself some of the proceeds of the piece of land?
When it remained to you, did it not remain yours? And when it was sold, was it at your
disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to
people, but to God!” And when Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. [...]
And great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard about these things.

By a father or mother · to their A wise child hears the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke. Pro 13:1
children. Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire. Pro 19:18

Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not Pro
23:13
die.
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your Pro
29:17
soul.
And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and Eph
6:4
instruction of the Lord.
And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? [...] Heb
12:5-10
For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? [...] Will we not much rather
subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a few days
according to what seemed appropriate to them, but He does so for our benefit, in order
that we can have a share in His holiness.

Self-discipline! Run in such a way that you may win. And everyone who competes exercises self-control 1Cor
9:24-27
in all things. Thus those do so in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we
an imperishable one. Therefore I run in this way, not as running aimlessly; I box in this
way, not as beating the air. But I discipline my body and subjugate it ...
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline. 2Tit
1:7

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2 · L a z i n e s s

Comment Scripture

Laziness is severely
Laziness condemned in Scripture. But
Christians surprisingly do not
see it as sinful and apply two
different standards e.g. when
it comes to judge drunkeness
and to rarely judge laziness.
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, Pro
6:6-11
officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon
you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly Pro
supplied. 13:4

Strong's H6102, ‫ ָעצֵל‬, ‛âtsêl, aw-tsale, The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level Pro
15:19
From H6101; indolent: - slothful, highway.
sluggard.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. Pro
19:24
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. Pro
20:4
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. All day long he craves Pro
21:25-26
and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, Pro
24:30-34
it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone
wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come
upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!” As a door Pro
26:13-18
turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the
dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own
eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, Tit
1:12
lazy gluttons.”
Strong's G3636, ΟΚΝΗΡOC, oknēros, But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap Mat
From G3635; tardy, that is, indolent; 25:26
where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
(figuratively) irksome: - grievous,
slothful. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rom
12:11

Strong's G3576, ΝWΘPOC, nōthros, From
a derivative of G3541; sluggish, that is,
(literally) lazy, or (figuratively) stupid: -
dull, slothful.
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance Heb
6:12
of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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