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11 My son, do not hate the Lord’s training.
    Do not object when he corrects you.
12 The Lord trains those he loves.
    He is like a father who trains the son he is pleased with.

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](D)

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Footnotes

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

17 Anyone who pays attention to correction
    shows the path to life.
But anyone who refuses to be corrected
    leads others down the wrong path.

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17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,(A)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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12 Anyone who loves correction loves knowledge.
    Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.(A)

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18 Those who turn away from their training become poor and ashamed.
    But those who accept warnings are honored.

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18 Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,(A)
    but whoever heeds correction is honored.(B)

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24 Those who don’t correct their children hate them.
    But those who love them are careful to correct them.

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24 Whoever spares the rod(A) hates their children,
    but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline(B) them.(C)

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A foolish person turns their back on their parent’s correction.
    But anyone who accepts correction shows understanding.

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A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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10 Hard training is in store for anyone who leaves the right path.
    A person who hates to be corrected will die.

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10 Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
    the one who hates correction will die.(A)

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12 People who make fun of others don’t like to be corrected.
    So they stay away from wise people.

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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

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32 Those who turn away from correction hate themselves.
    But anyone who accepts correction gains understanding.

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32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,(A)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.(B)

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18 Train your children, because then there is hope.
    Don’t do anything to bring about their deaths.

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18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.(A)

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30 Blows and wounds scrub evil away.
    And beatings make you pure deep down inside.

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30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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Start children off on the right path.
    And even when they are old, they will not turn away from it.

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Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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15 Children are going to do foolish things.
    But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(A)

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