Proverbs 3:11
My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
In Context
10so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
12for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Job 5:17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
Proverbs 24:10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved 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 →