Proverbs 3:11
My son, cast thou not away the teaching of the Lord; and fail thou not, when thou art chastised of him, (or and faint thou not, or and spurn thou him not, when thou art disciplined by him).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5that thou think in thine heart, for as a man teacheth his son, so thy Lord God hath taught thee, (so that thou remember in thy heart, that like a man teacheth his son, so the Lord thy God hath taught thee,)
Job 5:17Blessed is the man, which is chastised of the Lord; therefore reprove thou not the blaming of the Lord. (Blessed is the man, who is chastised by the Lord; and so do not thou reprove the Lord’s rebuke.)
Proverbs 24:10If thou hast slid, despairest (thou) in the day of anguish, (for) thy strength shall be made less.
1 Corinthians 11:32but while we be deemed of the Lord (or but when we be judged by the Lord), we be chastised, (so) that we be not condemned with this world.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which thing we fail not, for though our outer man be corrupted; nevertheless the inner man is renewed from day to day.
Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the comfort that speaketh to you as to sons, and saith, My son, do not thou despise the teaching [or the discipline] of the Lord, neither be thou made weary, the while thou art chastised 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 →