Proverbs 3:12
“For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth,.... This is a reason why the children of God should not despise corrections, nor…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The first distinct utterance of a truth which has been so full of comfort to many thousands; it is the summing up of all…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 3:7-12
We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason: -
I. We must live in a humble and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
even as a father&c. The LXX. (reading the same Heb. consonants with different vowels) renders this clause, and scourgeth…
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