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Prov. 3:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Myo son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

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Heb. 12:5‑6• ⁵And 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:
⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Heb. 12:5‑6)

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Rev. 3:19• ¹⁹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)

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Job 5:17• ¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: (Job 5:17)

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Psa. 94:12• ¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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1 Cor. 11:32• ³²But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:32)

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Heb. 12:5‑6• ⁵And 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:
⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Heb. 12:5‑6)

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Rev. 3:19• ¹⁹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)

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Prov. 24:10• ¹⁰If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. (Prov. 24:10)

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Job 4:5• ⁵But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. (Job 4:5)

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Isa. 40:30‑31• ³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
³¹But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:30‑31)

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2 Cor. 4:1,16‑17• ¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
¹⁶For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:1,16‑17)

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Heb. 12:3,7‑12• ³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
⁷If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
⁸But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
¹⁰For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
¹¹Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
¹²Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; (Heb. 12:3,7‑12)

• Fifth Discourse 3:11 — Happiness (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)

• {v.11-12} These words form the text for the apostle’s exhortation on the Lord’s discipline, in Hebrews 12....The difference of wording results from his quoting from the Septuagint, the Greek version generally in use at that time. (“Proverbs Three” by H.A. Ironside)

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My son, despise not the instructionm of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisementn;

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See ch. 1.2.

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Or "loathe not his reproof."