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This is in scripture mostly linked with love and sonship, and implies 'instruction' and 'discipline.' He that loveth chasteneth. Prov. 13: 24; Deut. 8: 5; Heb. 12: 5-11; Rev. 3: 19. "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest." Ps. 94: 12. The chastening at the time does not
seem to be joyous but grievous, yet afterward it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to those exercised thereby. Heb. 12: 11. John 15: 2 shows that a Christian may be chastened of the Father that he may bring forth more fruit.