12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(A) Lord,
    the one you teach(B) from your law;

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,

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

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Footnotes

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

And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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