Proverbs 3:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 3:12 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Babes Chastisement Children Correction Duty Father Judgments

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. 12)

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).