Proverbs 3:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
מוּסַ֣ר יְ֭הוָה בְּנִ֣י אַל־תִּמְאָ֑ס וְאַל־תָּ֝קֹ֗ץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 5:17Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.
- Rev 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
- Heb 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord: neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him.
- Heb 12:12Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees:
- Ps 94 (93):12
- Isa 40:30You shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
- Isa 40:31But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
- 1 Cor 11:32But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.