Lamentations 3:27
It is good for people to learn to patiently bear discipline while they're still young.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26It is good to wait quietly for the Lord's salvation.
28They should sit by themselves in silence, because it's God who has disciplined them.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12Teach us to value every one of our days so we can live wisely!
Psalms 119:71The suffering I went through was good for me, so I could think about what you have stipulated.
Matthew 11:29Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →