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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Proverbs 3:12

Afflictions are not infelicities, but benefits and comforts, because their are testimonies of God's love, which is infinitely more desirable than any evil can be terrible. They show God's purpose, and desire, and care to purge us from our sins, and to make us fit for his presence and kingdom. This and the former verse seem to be here inserted in the midst of his commendations of wisdom, to remove an objection against the excellency and happiness of wise or pious men, taken from those many calamities to which such persons are frequently exposed, the reason of which providence he here giveth.

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See also Proverbs 3:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 3:12. _WHOM THE LORD LOVETH_] To encourage thee to bear correction, know that it is a proof of God's love to thee; and thereby he shows that he treats thee as a father does his son, eve...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The first distinct utterance of a truth which has been so full of comfort to many thousands; it is the summing up of all controversies (compare John 9:2) as to the mystery of suffering. The apostle wr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Fifth Address. Chap. 3. Proverbs 3:11 11, 12. This short paragraph is at once in contrast and in harmony, with what precedes and follows it. It states the contrast that it may introduce the harmony. T...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH, &C.— The LXX read, _For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, and chasteneth every son whom he receiveth._ From whence it is evident, that they read the Hebrew differently; and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 3 TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3. Let not kind...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CORRECTETH, EVEN AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTETH - (.) In this verse is...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Many people do not want to learn how to behave well. They want to choose how they will live their lives. God is our father. A father teaches his son. Sometimes, the father must correct or punish his...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י אֶ֥ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶאֱהַ֣ב יְהוָ֣ה יֹוכִ֑יחַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And as. Septuagint, "but he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth," as St. Paul quotes this passage, Hebrews xii. 6. The verb is now wanting in Hebrew, or ceab; "as a father" may signify " scourgeth,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CORRECTETH,.... This is a reason why the children of God should not despise corrections, nor be weary of them; since they spring from love, are given in love, nor is there...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord_ Either by making light of it, or not being duly affected with it, or by accounting it an unnecessary thing; but rather esteem it a privilege and favour...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    for whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, and so the person subject to His discipline thereby receives a proof of His love; EVEN AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTETH, or, "holds him dear as a fathe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 3:12 LORD H3068 loves H157 (H8799) corrects H3198 (H8686) father H1 son H1121 delights H7521 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH AS CHASTENING FATHER AND WISE CREATOR INCULCATES WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS A TREE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHOM HE LOVES (PROVERBS 3:11). The reference to ‘my son' in Proverbs 3:11 (although in the Heb...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 3:12 _(with 1 Corinthians 15:55)_ In the case of a saint, his afflictions and death fall to be considered: (1) as they have a respect to himself, and (2) as they have a respect to his neigh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth._ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FATHERLY CHASTISEMENT The paternal relation is frequently ascribed to the Almighty, a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 3:11 A father should shape his own parenting (DISCIPLINE) according to the pattern set by the LORD’S parenting. See...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally “refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition described in Psalms 32:3. PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 29:17; Psalms 103:13...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    LEST WE FORGET Proverbs 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a danger that w...

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