יָסַר yâçar

Meaning

to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct

In the King James Version: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Leviticus 26:18 And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
• Leviticus 26:23 And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
• Leviticus 26:28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
• Deuteronomy 4:36 He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
• Deuteronomy 8:5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
• Deuteronomy 21:18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
• Deuteronomy 22:18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
• 1 Kings 12:11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
• 1 Kings 12:14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
• 1 Chronicles 15:22 Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
• 2 Chronicles 10:11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
• 2 Chronicles 10:14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
• Job 4:3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
• Psalms 2:10 Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
• Psalms 6:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• Psalms 16:7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
• Psalms 38:1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• Psalms 39:11 You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
• Psalms 94:10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
• Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
• Psalms 118:18 The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
• Proverbs 9:7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
• Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
• Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
• Proverbs 29:19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
• Proverbs 31:1 These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
• Isaiah 8:11 For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
• Isaiah 28:26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
• Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
• Jeremiah 6:8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
• Jeremiah 10:24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
• Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
• Jeremiah 46:28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
• Ezekiel 23:48 So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
• Hosea 7:12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
• Hosea 7:15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
• Hosea 10:10 I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.