Proverbs 3:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:5 : 5 Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on his faithful followers.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:11
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    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

  • Heb 12:5-11
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    88%

    5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

    7Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

    8But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

    9Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

    10For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

    11Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

  • Job 5:17
    81%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 29:17
    80%

    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,

  • Deut 8:5
    78%

    5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

    15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

    19A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Rev 3:19
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    19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

  • Prov 15:10
    75%

    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • Prov 12:1
    74%

    1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
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    14I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Ps 94:10
    73%

    10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

  • Prov 24:25
    72%

    25But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Jer 10:24
    72%

    24Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Prov 4:3
    71%

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

  • Prov 10:17
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    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 15:20
    71%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

  • Prov 17:3
    71%

    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

  • Prov 17:10
    70%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.

  • Lam 3:32
    70%

    32Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

  • Prov 25:12
    70%

    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.