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Discipline as the Father’s Love

11 My son, never despise Adonai’s discipline
or dread His correction.
12 For Adonai loves those He reproves,
even as a father, the son in whom he delights.[a]

Precious Pearls, A Tree of Life

13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom
and the man who gains understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 cf. Heb. 12:5-7.

11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](D)

13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child