Proverbs 3:12

Eusebius of Caesarea

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History X.4Book X

  “For at that time also she was chastened at his nod as by a careful father; ‘for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.’” — editor's note: Heb. xii. 6, with which Eusebius agrees exactly, differing from Prov. iii. 12 in the use of παιδεύει instead of ἐλέγχει.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Patience Chapter 11

  ““Whom I love,” saith He, “I chasten.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 11, 12; Heb. xii. 5, 6; Rev. iii. 19.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On Patience Chapter 11

  “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 11, 12

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.20Book I

  “…them which persecute you;” and yet it is said of Him by the prophet, “For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth; yea, He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 12. So the LXX. English version: “even as a father the son in whom he delighteth,” following the Hebrew.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 16

  “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and a rebuke is a fatherly action; while every soul which is unchastised, is unhealed.” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 12.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.9Book I

  “…thou the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;” “For a man who is a sinner escapes reproof.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 11, 12.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.5Book I

  “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 11, 12; Heb. xii. 5, 6.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.2Book II

  “Such is the discipline of wisdom (“for whom the Lord loveth He chastens”), causing pain in order to produce understanding, and restoring to peace and immortality.” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 5, 6, 7, 12, 23.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.67Book III

  “For whom God loveth, He rebuketh.”” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 11, 12.

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• Wisdom 3:11

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.67.

• Sirach 2:1

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Sirach 2:2

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Sirach 2:3

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Sirach 2:4

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Sirach 2:5

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Jeremiah 3:15

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.67.

• Matthew 5:3

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Matthew 5:4

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Matthew 5:5

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Matthew 5:9

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Matthew 5:11

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Hebrews 12:5

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Hebrews 12:6

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Revelation 3:19

  Cited together in On Patience Chapter 11.

• Psalm 2:12

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.67.

• Psalm 50:16

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.67.