Proverbs 3:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Job 5:17 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
  • 2 Cor 4:16-17 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
  • Prov 24:10 : 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
  • Isa 40:30-31 : 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Job 4:5 : 5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:12
    90%

    12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Heb 12:5-11
    7 verses
    85%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

    8But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

    9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

    10For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.

    11All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.

  • Job 5:17
    82%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 19:18
    80%

    18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

  • Deut 8:5
    79%

    5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

    15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 29:17
    78%

    17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

  • Ps 6:1
    76%

    1[For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Ps 38:1
    76%

    1[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Deut 21:18
    76%

    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

  • Rev 3:19
    76%

    19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Ps 94:12
    75%

    12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

  • Prov 15:10
    75%

    10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 1:8
    75%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 27:11
    75%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 3:10
    74%

    10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

  • Jer 10:24
    74%

    24O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

  • Prov 22:15
    74%

    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 3:1
    74%

    1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

    32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

  • Col 3:21
    73%

    21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 5:12
    73%

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

  • Prov 19:27
    73%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:17
    73%

    17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 1:25
    72%

    25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

  • Prov 12:1
    72%

    1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 29:15
    72%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Prov 29:1
    72%

    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Ps 118:18
    72%

    18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Prov 1:23
    71%

    23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    71%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • Ps 94:10
    71%

    10He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge?