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17 (A)Happy is the person whom God corrects!
    Do not resent it when he rebukes you.

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17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

11 (A)My child, when the Lord corrects you, pay close attention and take it as a warning.

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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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(A)Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children?

“My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you,
    and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves,
    and punishes everyone he accepts as a child.”

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

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Footnotes

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