Proverbs 3:11 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; Neither be weary of his correction:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ My son, do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord [His correction by punishment or by subjection to suffering or trial]; neither be weary of or impatient about or loathe or abhor His reproof, [Ps. 94:12; Heb. 12:5, 6; Rev. 3:19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

Common English Bible

¹¹ Don’t reject the instruction of the LORD, my son; don’t despise his correction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.

Proverbs 3:11 Cross References

Job 5:17

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Proverbs 24:10

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Job 4:5

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Deuteronomy 8:5

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.