Proverbs 3:12

World English Bible (2000)

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:5 : 5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:11
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    11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Heb 12:5-11
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    88%

    5and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

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

    7It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

    8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

    9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

    10For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

    11All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

  • Job 5:17
    81%

    17"Behold, 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 peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;

  • Deut 8:5
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    5You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

  • Prov 23:13-15
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    13Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

    19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Rev 3:19
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    19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Prov 15:10
    75%

    10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    74%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten 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 correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Ps 94:10
    73%

    10He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Prov 24:25
    72%

    25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

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

  • Jer 10:24
    72%

    24Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  • Eph 6:4
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    4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 4:3
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    3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

  • Prov 17:10
    70%

    10A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

  • Lam 3:32
    70%

    32For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

  • Prov 25:12
    70%

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