10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(A)
11 Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe His discipline;(B)
12 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in.(C)

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10 then your barns will be filled(A) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(B)

11 My son,(C) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(D)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(E)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child