Proverbs 3:12
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.
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11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:
- Heb 12:5-117 verses88%
5 and 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;
6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."
7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
9 Furthermore, 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?
10 For 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.
11 All 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.
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17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
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17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; Yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
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24 One who spares the rod hates his son, But one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
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12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;
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5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.
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13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine:
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18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; Don't be a willing party to his death.
19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, For if you rescue him, you must do it again.
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13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
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19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: Whoever hates reproof shall die.
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1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.
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14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
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5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
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1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, But a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
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18 If 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;
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24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
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25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, And a rich blessing will come on them.
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11 Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
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24 Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
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1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
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4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:
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3 For I was a son to my father, Tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
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17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, But he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
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20 A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.
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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
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18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, But he who heeds correction shall be honored.
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1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; But a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
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10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
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32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, But he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
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32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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12 As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.