For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”
- KJV For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- NKJV For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”
- NASB For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”
- NLT For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”
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Quick answer
The Lord disciplines those he loves and chastens every son he receives. God's correction is a sign of his fatherly love, not his anger.
Overview
Completing the quotation from Proverbs 3, this verse states that discipline flows from love and applies to every true child of God. Far from contradicting his love, God's chastening expresses it, for he trains those he has received as sons. Believers can therefore interpret hardship as evidence of belonging to God, who shapes his children for their good.
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- Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Prov 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Prov 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Ps 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Jer 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Deut 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Ps 32:1–5Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- Heb 12:7–8Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Ps 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Ps 89:30–34If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
- Jas 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Ps 73:14–15For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
- Isa 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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