Proverbs 3:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof,

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But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.

“How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,

If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength being small;

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Know, then, in your heart that, as a parent disciplines a child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls or lose heart.

I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.