Proverbs 3:12 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 3:12

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

KJV

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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Commentary

2 voices

Clement of Alexandria

The Instructor Book 1 (215)

And He uses the bitter and biting language of reproof in His consolations by Solomon, tacitly alluding to the love for children that characterizes His instruction: "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;" "For a man who is a sinner escapes reproof." Consequently, therefore, the Scripture says, "Let the righteous reprove and correct me; but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whom the Lord loveth - To encourage thee to bear correction, know that it is a proof of God’s love to thee; and thereby he shows that he treats thee as a father does his son, even that one to whom he bears the fondest affection. The last clause the Septuagint translate μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον ὁν παραδεχεται, “and chasteneth every son whom he receiveth;” and the apostle, Heb 12:6, quotes this literatim. Both clauses certainly amount to the same sense. Every son whom he receiveth, and the son in whom he delighteth, have very little difference of meaning.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֶ֥ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	[the one] whom	H834 →
יֶאֱהַ֣ב	ye.'e.Hav	he loves	H157 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
יוֹכִ֑יחַ	yo.Khi.ach	he reproves	H3198 →
וּ֝כְאָ֗ב	u.khe.'Av	and like a father	H1 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֥ן	ben	a son	H1121 →
יִרְצֶֽה׃	yir.Tzeh	[whom] he is pleased with	H7521 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 11:11–12
  What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- Luke 15:21–22
  The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Through
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
leads to
- Proverbs 23:13–14
  Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 29:15
  A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 29:17
  Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Through
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 3:11–12
  My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

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Where the connections lead

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Proverbs