Proverbs 3:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Common English Bible

¹² The LORD loves those he corrects, just like a father who treats his son with favor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.

Proverbs 3:12 Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5

Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law