Proverbs 3:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:5 : 5 and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 3:11
    90%

    11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

  • Heb 12:5-11
    7 verses
    88%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

    6for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

    7if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

    8and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

    9Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

    10for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

    11and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.

  • Job 5:17
    81%

    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

  • Prov 29:17
    80%

    17Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

  • Ps 94:12
    79%

    12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

  • Deut 8:5
    78%

    5and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

    14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

    15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

    19A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

    13O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.

  • Rev 3:19
    75%

    19`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

  • Prov 15:10
    75%

    10Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    74%

    14I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Ps 94:10
    73%

    10He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge `is' Jehovah.

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

  • Prov 24:25
    72%

    25And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Jer 10:24
    72%

    24Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  • Eph 6:4
    72%

    4And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

  • Prov 10:17
    71%

    17A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 15:20
    71%

    20A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

  • Prov 17:10
    70%

    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

  • Lam 3:32
    70%

    32For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

  • Prov 25:12
    70%

    12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.