Proverbs 3:12

Proverbs 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
• New International Version (NIV)because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Context of Proverbs 3:12

10If you do that, you will store more food than you need for yourself. You will have more wine than you can drink. 11My child, if the Lord warns you that you have done something wrong, accept it. Do not be upset if he warns you. He is doing it because he loves you. When a father loves his son very much, he warns him when he does something wrong. 13Anyone who finds wisdom is in a happy place! So is the person who has learned to understand things. 14Wisdom helps people better than silver or gold will ever help them.

Proverbs 3:12 word by word

כִּ֤י אֶ֥ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶאֱהַ֣ב יְהוָ֣ה יוֹכִ֑יחַ וּ֝כְאָ֗ב אֶת־בֵּ֥ן יִרְצֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For whom the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• lovethאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• he correctethיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• even as a fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• he delightethרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521

Cross-references for Proverbs 3:12

• Proverbs 29:17Warn your children when they do wrong things, so that you have peace in your mind. They will make you very happy.
• Deuteronomy 8:5You should realize that the Lord your God wants you to learn what is right. When he punishes you, he is warning you. That is what a parent does to teach his child.
• Psalms 103:13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him.

Commentaries on Proverbs 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Whom 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 ̔ ̔ , "and chasteneth every son whom he receiveth;" and the apostle, Hebrews 12:6, quotes this literatim. Both clauses certainly amount to the same sense. Every son whom he receiveth, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The first distinct utterance of a truth which has been so full of comfort to many thousands; it is the summing up of all controversies (compare John 9:2) as to the mystery of suffering. The apostle writing to the Hebrews can find no stronger comfort Hebrews 12:6 than this; the Church, in her visitation service, has no truer message for the sufferer.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul, but to the health of the body. Worldly wealth is but poor substance, yet, such as it is, we must honour God with it; and those that do good with what they have, shall have more to do more good with. Should the Lord visit us with trials and sickness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The Lord’s discipline can include hardships, disappointments, and frustrations (see Hebrews 12:4–6). Like a good father, God aims to make us wise, good, and happy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. The true intent of afflictions considered; they do not contradict the assertion of the blessed state of the pious (Job 5:17; He 12:5, 6).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 3:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Parents
• Quotations and Allusions
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Afflictions
• Choose
• Confidence
• Correction
• Devise
• Discretion
• Envy
• Habitation
• Lowly

Commentaries on Proverbs 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings