Proverbs 3:12

English Standard Version

¹²for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as ^(A)a father the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 3:12

New International Version

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

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

⁸If you are left without discipline, ^(A)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

⁸If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline^(A)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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