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11 (A)(B) My child, don't turn away
or become bitter
    when the Lord corrects you.

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,

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12 (A) The Lord corrects
    everyone he loves,
just as parents correct
    a child they dearly love.

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12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(A)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

(A) But you have forgotten that the Scriptures say to God's children,

“When the Lord punishes you,
    don't make light of it,
and when he corrects you,
    don't be discouraged.

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And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,

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The Lord corrects the people
    he loves
and disciplines those
    he calls his own.”

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because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)