11 (A)My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;

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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 whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(A)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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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