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Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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“Blessed” is a striking word for someone under discipline, and the verse ties that blessing to being taught from YHWH’s law.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Job 5:17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.Eliphaz’s words in Job and this psalm both describe the person God corrects as happy or blessed.
Hebrews 12:5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are …Both passages name the Lord’s discipline; Hebrews warns against despising it or losing heart, while the psalm declares its recipient blessed.
Proverbs 3:11–12My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;The LORD’s discipline is the shared subject: Proverbs warns against despising it, and the psalm connects it with blessing and instruction.
1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.Both describe discipline from the Lord as serving a good purpose: instruction in the psalm and escape from condemnation in Corinthians.
Hebrews 12:6for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”Both describe the Lord disciplining his people; Hebrews names his love, while the psalm names the blessing of his teaching.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.Divine correction appears in both texts: the psalm calls its recipient blessed, and Revelation links reproof and chastening with love.
Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.Both attach a positive judgment to something demanding, though Lamentations speaks of bearing a yoke rather than learning God’s law.
Psalm 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.Both connect a hard experience with learning God’s instruction: discipline and law here, affliction and statutes in Psalm 119.
Psalm 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.Both link hardship with a person’s relation to God’s word, through discipline and teaching here, and affliction followed by obedience in Psalm 119.
James 1:12Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.Both pronounce a person blessed amid difficulty, though James speaks of enduring temptation and Psalm 94 speaks of discipline and teaching.
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Encouragement

You do not have to label every hardship as correction. The blessing named here is specific: YHWH disciplines a person and teaches that person from his law.

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