For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth - (Deuteronomy 8:5.) In Hebrews 12:6 this verse is quoted with a slight alteration, designed by the Spirit to bring out a somewhat varied aspect of the same truth - "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." Scourgeth implies the kind of correction, as severe, even to drawing "blood" (Hebrews 12:4). "Receiveth" (i:e., takes to Himself as His child accepted and beloved) answers to "delighteth."