Proverbs 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

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  • Deut 8:5 : 5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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  • Prov 3:11
    90%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

  • Heb 12:5-11
    7 verses
    88%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

    8But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

    9Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

    10For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

    11Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

  • Job 5:17
    81%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 29:17
    80%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Ps 94:12
    79%

    12Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;

  • Deut 8:5
    78%

    5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Rev 3:19
    75%

    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Prov 15:10
    75%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    74%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Ps 94:10
    73%

    10He that chastises the nations, shall he not correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall he not know?

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 24:25
    72%

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Jer 10:24
    72%

    24O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Eph 6:4
    72%

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 10:17
    71%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 15:20
    71%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

  • Prov 17:10
    70%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

  • Lam 3:32
    70%

    32But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

  • Prov 25:12
    70%

    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.