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Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A wisdom instructor addresses a student using paternal address, placing the command between a promise of agricultural blessing and a statement about divine correction. The words — מוּסַ֣ר (mu.Sar) translates literally as discipline, while תּוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ (to.khach.T/o) means his rebuke, forming the two objects of the negative commands. The thread — The warning against despising divine correction appears in Job 5:17 and is echoed thematically in Revelation 3:19 and Hebrews 12:5. Why it lands — It commands the reader to endure divine correction without contempt, treating it as evidence of relationship rather than a reason to flee.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Cross-references
- Job 5:17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Hebrews 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Isaiah 40:30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- Proverbs 24:10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
- Hebrews 12:3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.