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Proverbs 3:11-12
New Living Translation
Proverbs 3:11-12
New Living Translation
11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
12 For the Lord corrects those he loves,
just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.[a]
Proverbs 3:11-12
International Standard Version
Proverbs 3:11-12
International Standard Version
11 My son, do not reject the Lord’s discipline,
and do not despise his correction,
12 because the Lord corrects the person he loves,
just as a father corrects[a] the son he delights in.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:12 The Heb. lacks corrects
- Proverbs 3:12 So MT; LXX reads loves, and he punishes every son he accepts
Proverbs 3:11-12
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Proverbs 3:11-12
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child
Proverbs 3:11-12
King James Version
Proverbs 3:11-12
King James Version
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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Proverbs 7:4
New Living Translation
Proverbs 7:4
New Living Translation
4 Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
Proverbs 7:4
International Standard Version
Proverbs 7:4
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4 Say to wisdom, “You’re my sister!”
and call understanding your close relative,
Proverbs 7:4
New International Version
Proverbs 7:4
New International Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
Proverbs 7:4
King James Version
Proverbs 7:4
King James Version
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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Proverbs 8:17
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Proverbs 8:17
New Living Translation
17 “I love all who love me.
Those who search will surely find me.
Proverbs 8:17
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Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me will find me.
Proverbs 8:17
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Proverbs 8:17
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Proverbs 8:17
King James Version
Proverbs 8:17
King James Version
17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
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Proverbs 8:21
New Living Translation
Proverbs 8:21
New Living Translation
21 Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:21
International Standard Version
Proverbs 8:21
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21 I bequeath wealth to those who love me,
and I will fill their treasuries.”
Proverbs 8:21
New International Version
Proverbs 8:21
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21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
and making their treasuries full.(A)
Proverbs 8:21
King James Version
Proverbs 8:21
King James Version
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
New Living Translation
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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8 Don’t rebuke a mocker or he will hate you.
Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
King James Version
Proverbs 9:8
King James Version
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 10:12
New Living Translation
Proverbs 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
International Standard Version
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred awakens contention,
but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 10:12
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.(A)
Proverbs 10:12
King James Version
Proverbs 10:12
King James Version
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Proverbs 13:24
New Living Translation
Proverbs 13:24
New Living Translation
24 Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children.
Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.
Proverbs 13:24
International Standard Version
Proverbs 13:24
International Standard Version
24 Whoever does not discipline[a] his son hates him,
but whoever loves him is diligent to correct him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:24 Lit. Whoever spares the rod
Proverbs 13:24
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Proverbs 13:24
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Proverbs 13:24
King James Version
Proverbs 13:24
King James Version
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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