Proverbs 3:11-12

11, 12. Despise not the chastening Suppose it be the Lord’s will, as it may, that any affliction befall thee, contemn not the discipline, as if it were a mere natural occurrence or accident.

Neither be weary Better, nor feel horror (our word weary is too weak) when thou art rebuked by him, for it is an evidence of his tenderest regard: a father, by chastening the son in whom he delights, does him a favour, is gracious to him, in the act. See Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:10, where the passage is quoted with some variation, following the Septuagint. Comp. Job 5:17; Revelation 3:19.