Hebrews 12:5-6 - Exposition

And ye have forgotten (or, have ye forgotten? ) the exhortation which speaketh unto you (more correctly, discourses , or reasons , with you ; i.e. in the way of fatherly remonstrance) as unto children, My son , etc. This verse introduces a further motive for persevering under prolonged trial, viz. our being assured in Holy Writ of its beneficial purpose as discipline. The quotation is from Proverbs 3:11 , Proverbs 3:12 , as it is in the LXX . We observe that the word "faint" ( ἐκλύου ) is the same as was used in Proverbs 3:3 . In the seventh and following verses this scriptural admonition is applied and commented on.