Discipline

I have not liked criticism of myself and my actions even though it was true

You can hurt yourself without physically hurting yourself.  

If someone is making decisions that hurt them and others of you, one way to help that person is to help them make decisions that lead to life. Sometimes the only way that this can occur is to provide sufficient deterrence.

 Someone Exists Who has not ever wanted you hurting yourself. 

Micah 6:9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. 

He would not be Who He Is if He did not discipline you. 

Proverbs 10:17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Misrepresenting God in your heart will hurt you more than just about anything else will hurt you. It is more dangerous than smoking, doing drugs, excessive drinking, obesity, lack of exercise, etc as it is often the cause of these behaviours. 

  God wants to help restore you.. Jeremiah 31:18   Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.

It can be a bit hard to want to return to Someone you think doesn't want you.  So one of the ways to help you respond to discipline is to help you know the truth about God   

Hebrews 12:10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 

He wants to help you turn back to Him for not other reason than for your good.   He values nothing more than He values you. 

Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

Deuteronomy 4:36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.

Deuteronomy 8:5  Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

Job 5:17 Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Psalm 94:12 Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;

Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

Proverbs 3:12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Proverbs 5:23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 13:18 Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Proverbs 13:24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

Proverbs 15:5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

Proverbs 15:10 Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

Proverbs 15:32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.

Jeremiah 5:3 Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

John 15: 1-2 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

1 Corinthians 11:32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?