Proverbs 3:11

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, ¹  and do not loathe ²  his rebuke.

Job 4:5; Job 5:17; Ps 94:12; Pr 24:10; Isa 40:30,31; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 4:1,16,17; Heb 12:3,7-12; Heb 12:5,6; Re 3:19

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.