They are free(A) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.

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12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

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Their homes are safe and free from fear;(A)
    the rod of God is not on them.(B)

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(G)

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If 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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32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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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

When I think about this, I am terrified;(A)
    trembling seizes my body.(B)

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