Proverbs 3:12

12 because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

Proverbs 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 3:12

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth
This is a reason why the children of God should not despise corrections, nor be weary of them; since they spring from love, are given in love, nor is there any abatement of it in them: when the Lord chastens and corrects, he does not take away his lovingkindness from them; yea, it is because he loves them that therefore he thus deals with them; wherefore they ought to be patiently bore, and kindly taken by them; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth;
as a father chastens and corrects his son, whom he dearly loves, and has the greatest pleasure in, so the Lord chastens and corrects his people; see ( Deuteronomy 8:5 ) . There is such a relation subsisting between them as that of father and son, which flows from the inexpressible love of God to them; and which is a love of complacency and delight in them, and is invariable and unchangeable, and continues the same under all their afflictions; as appears by what he does for them in them, and by the issue of them; he knows their souls in adversity, and chooses them in the furnace of affliction; he pays love visits to them, and comforts them under all their tribulation; he sympathizes with them, and supports them; he makes their bed in their affliction, and delivers out of it, or takes them to himself: the issue is always his own glory, and their good.

Proverbs 3:12 In-Context

10 and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst [with] new wine.

11 Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child. Do not be weary of his reproof

12 because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

13 Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.

14 For her income is better than the income of silver, and her revenue than [that of] gold.