Proverbs 3:11
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
In Context
10So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine.
12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5You shall also consider in yours heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
Proverbs 24:10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5And all of you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of 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 →