...him out of thy law.' Psalm cxviii. 18. " The Lord hath chastened me sore." Proverbs iii. 11, 12. " My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither...correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth." Lamentations iii. 1 — 3. " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath...

...not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." " Despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be...even as a father, the son in whom he delighteth." "The ways of man are before the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings." " The Lord will not suffer...

...commonly given in love, and because your welfare is desired by those who give it. 5. For it is written, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither...weary of his correction. For whom the Lord loveth, he correcleth, even as a lather the son, in whom he delighteth. When your teacher reproves or corrects...

...of all the temporal advantages he confers on us. IV. To submit to his corrections, remembering, that whom the Lord loveth, he correcteth ; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. V. Never to do an unjust action, or injure your neighbour, or to go to law with him without reason...

...seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. ^f 20 Despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 21 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom be delighteth. 22 Behold,...

...the children of men." Lam. iii. 33. How appropriate, therefore, is the language of the wise man — " My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither...correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth." Prov. iii. 11, 12 ; see also Heb. xii. 5, 6, 8, 9. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, where these words...

...seem severe, In mercy oft are sent ; They stopped the prodigal's career, And forced him to repent." " Despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be...weary of his correction ; for whom the Lord loveth h« correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."— Prov., iii., 11, 12. And is it...

...exhorts not to despise the chastenings of the Lord, neither be weary of his corrections; for (says he) whom the Lord loveth, he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. The truth of that saying, I believe, many have found verified in themselves. After I had kept my bed...

...his head. " My son ! hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother." " My son ! despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction." " My son ! if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." Why these three verses are worth three thousand...

...religious, and that every word of it is dictated by God ! In reading these words, Proverbs, iii. 2, " My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be weary of his correction," how differently must he be affected who reads them as addressed to him merely by Solomon, from the...