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Proverbs 3:12

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12for the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.d

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Cross references

  1. dDt 8:5; Jb 5:17–18; Pr 13:24; Heb 12:5–7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,

as a father the son in whom he delights.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

because the Lord disciplines those he loves,

as a father the son he delights in.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord corrects those he loves,

just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke,

as a father delights in his son.

KJV 1900King James Version

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth;

Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.