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11 My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,(A)

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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 for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
    as a father the son in whom he delights.(A)

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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