Musar מוּסָר

Musar (Hebrew מוּסָר, Strong's H4148) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “discipline”. It occurs 50 times in 50 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4148G: discipline

H4148H: discipline: instruction

H4148I: discipline: bonds

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Discipline of God
• Education and learning
• Parenting

Verses

Every verse with Musar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 11:2
  And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

Job

• Job 5:17
  Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
• Job 12:18
  He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
• Job 20:3
  I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
• Job 36:10
  He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

Psalms

• Psalm 50:17
  Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:2
  To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
• Proverbs 1:3
  To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
• Proverbs 1:7
  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Proverbs 1:8
  My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
• Proverbs 3:11
  My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
• Proverbs 4:1
  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
• Proverbs 4:13
  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Proverbs 5:12
  And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Proverbs 5:23
  He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
• Proverbs 6:23
  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 7:22
  He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
• Proverbs 8:10
  Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
• Proverbs 8:33
  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
• Proverbs 10:17
  He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
• Proverbs 12:1
  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Proverbs 13:1
  A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
• Proverbs 13:18
  Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
• Proverbs 13:24
  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Proverbs 15:5
  A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
• Proverbs 15:10
  Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• Proverbs 15:32
  He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
• Proverbs 15:33
  The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• Proverbs 16:22
  Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
• Proverbs 19:20
  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 19:27
  Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
• Proverbs 22:15
  Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Proverbs 23:12
  Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
• Proverbs 23:13
  Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
• Proverbs 23:23
  Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• Proverbs 24:32
  Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

Isaiah

• Isaiah 26:16
  Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
• Isaiah 53:5
  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:30
  In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
• Jeremiah 5:3
  O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 7:28
  But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
• Jeremiah 10:8
  But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
• Jeremiah 17:23
  But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
• Jeremiah 30:14
  All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
• Jeremiah 32:33
  And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
• Jeremiah 35:13
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 5:15
  So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Hosea

• Hosea 5:2
  And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:2
  She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
• Zephaniah 3:7
  I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).