Proverbs 3:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Proverbs 3:11 —

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Cross-References

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Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Hebrews 12:5-12
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: …
Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Chastisement Children Contentment Correction Despondency Judgments Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-12)

We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason:— I. We must live in a humble and dutiful subjection to God and his government (Prov. 3:7): “ Fear the Lord, as your sovereign Lord and Master; be ruled in every thing by your religion and subject to the divine will.” This must be, 1. A humble subjection: Be not wise in thy own eyes. Note, There is not a greater en…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11-12. The true intent of afflictions considered; they do not contradict the assertion of the blessed state of the pious (Job 5:17; He 12:5, 6).