Bible Verses about “discipline of children”
Found 27 verses (ordered by relevance) about “discipline of children” in the KJV version of the Bible
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
“¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.”
“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.”
“Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”
“Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”
“¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
“¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.”
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
“¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.”
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”
“¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.”
“Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?”
“For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.”
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”
“¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”
“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:”
“¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.”
“¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”
“For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:”
“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.”