Proverbs 3:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

My child, don't turn away or become bitter when the Lord corrects you.

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Consider yourself fortunate if God All-Powerful chooses to correct you.

I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.

Our Lord, you bless everyone that you instruct and teach by using your Law.

But when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to keep us from being condemned with the rest of the world.

God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. This is why we never give up.

So keep your mind on Jesus, who put up with many insults from sinners. Then you won't get discouraged and give up.

Don't give up and be helpless in times of trouble.

But now you feel discouraged when struck by trouble.

So keep in mind that the Lord has been correcting you, just as parents correct their children.