| Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. | Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. |
| As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. | As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. |
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| Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. | Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. |
| But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. | But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. |
| And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. | And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. |
| My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction; For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights. | My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
| Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. | Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. |
| For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. | For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. |
| You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you. | Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. |
| A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent. | A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. |
| He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray. | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
| But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. | But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. | And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. |
| Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. | Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. |
| Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. | Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
