King James Version
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.(Hebrews 12:3)
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.(Hebrews 12:4)
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:(Hebrews 12:5)
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?(Hebrews 12:7)
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.(Hebrews 12:8)
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?(Hebrews 12:9)

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Hebrews 12:6 - Cross Reference

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. (James 5:11)
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (Psalm 32:1)
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. (Proverbs 3:12)
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19)
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. (Psalm 73:14)
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? (Hebrews 12:7)
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. (Deuteronomy 8:5)
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (Proverbs 13:24)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. (Psalm 119:71)
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: (2 Samuel 7:14)
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; (Psalm 89:30)
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; (Psalm 94:12)
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:24)
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. (Psalm 119:75)
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. (Isaiah 27:9)