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10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,
    and your vats will overflow with good wine.

11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,
    and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
12 For the Lord corrects those he loves,
    just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:12 Greek version reads loves, / and he punishes those he accepts as his children. Compare Heb 12:6.

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