Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
In Context
10and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine.
12For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.
Job 5:17Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
Proverbs 24:10If you despair, being weary in the day of anguish, your strength will be diminished.
1 Corinthians 11:32Yet when we are judged, we are being corrected by the Lord, so that we might not be condemned along with this world.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:8-13
Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. We have… Read the whole commentary →