Proverbs 3:11-12
New American Standard Bible
11 (A)My son, do not reject the [a]discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His rebuke,
12 For (B)whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
Just (C)as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:11 Or instruction
Proverbs 3:11-12
American Standard Version
11 My son, despise not the [a]chastening of Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:11 Or, instruction
Proverbs 7:4
New American Standard Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend,
Proverbs 7:4
American Standard Version
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
And call understanding thy [a]kinswoman:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:4 Or, familiar friend
Proverbs 8:17
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Proverbs 8:17
American Standard Version
17 I love them that love me;
And those that seek me [a]diligently shall find me.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:17 Or, early
Proverbs 8:21
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21 To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may (A)fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:21
American Standard Version
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
And that I may fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
American Standard Version
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgressions.
Proverbs 13:24
New American Standard Bible
24 He who (A)withholds his [a]rod hates his son,
But he who loves him [b](B)disciplines him diligently.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:24 I.e., correction or discipline
- Proverbs 13:24 Lit seeks him diligently with discipline
Proverbs 13:24
American Standard Version
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son;
But he that loveth him chasteneth him [a]betimes.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:24 Or, diligently
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
American Standard Version
22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:22 Or, Shall they not go astray
Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves the one who (A)pursues righteousness.
Proverbs 15:9
American Standard Version
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah;
But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Proverbs 15:17
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17 (A)Better is a portion of [a]vegetables where there is love,
Than a (B)fattened ox served with hatred.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs
Proverbs 15:17
American Standard Version
17 Better is a [a]dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:17 Or, portion
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Proverbs 17:9
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9 One who (A)conceals an offense seeks love,
But one who repeats a matter (B)separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
American Standard Version
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
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