Proverbs 3:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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