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Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God,“ Oh that Ishmael might live before You!”
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Hebrews 12:11
For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
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2 Samuel 18 33
Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he walked:“ My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
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Genesis 22:1-2
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him,“ Abraham!” And he said,“ Here I am.”Then He said,“ Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
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Matthew 10:37
“ The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.