12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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…
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