Proverbs 3:12

Contemporary English Version

¹²^(A) The Lord corrects
everyone he loves,
just as parents correct
a child they dearly love.

Proverbs 3:12

New International Version

¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(A)
as a father the son he delights in.^[a]^(B)

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

⁶The Lord corrects the people
he loves
and disciplines those
he calls his own.”

⁶because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,^(A)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”^[a]^(B)

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New International Version (NIV)