Proverbs 3:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Revelation 3:19

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

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Proverbs 13:24

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Psalm 103:13

Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, And teachest out of thy law;