H3256
Discipline/Instruct
יָסַר (Yasar)
To discipline, instruct, correct, or chasten — training through correction.
Hebrew
Pronunciation: yah-SAHR
Definition
The Hebrew word yasar means to discipline, instruct, or chasten — describing the loving correction God uses to train His children in righteousness.
Featured KJV occurrences (3)
Proverbs 3:11-12
“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.”Read in context
Psalm 94:12
“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law.”Read in context
Deuteronomy 8:5
“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.”Read in context
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