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Proverbs 3:11

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3:11 My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, 1 

and do not loathe 2  his rebuke.

1 tn Heb “the discipline of the Lord.”

2 tn The verb קוּץ (quts) has a two-fold range of meaning: (1) “to feel a loathing; to abhor” and (2) “to feel a sickening dread” (BDB 880 s.v.). The parallelism with “do not despise” suggests the former nuance here. The common response to suffering is to loathe it; however, the righteous understand that it refines one’s moral character and that it is a means to the blessing.



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