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Bible Verses about “spanking children

Found 24 verses (ordered by relevance) about “spanking children” in the KJV version of the Bible

Ephesians 6:4
1043 votes

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6
1017 votes

¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:1
573 votes

¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Ephesians 6:2
517 votes

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians 6:3
461 votes

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Colossians 3:21
347 votes

Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.

Colossians 3:20
284 votes

Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Proverbs 13:24
277 votes

¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

1 Timothy 3:4
241 votes

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Proverbs 29:15
193 votes

¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

Hebrews 12:11
179 votes

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.

Proverbs 23:13
172 votes

Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 23:14
153 votes

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Proverbs 22:15
134 votes

¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Psalms 103:13
126 votes

Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Proverbs 29:17
125 votes

¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Hebrews 12:8
119 votes

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Proverbs 19:18
105 votes

¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Hebrews 12:7
81 votes

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Hebrews 12:9
66 votes

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?

Hebrews 12:10
66 votes

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.

Hebrews 12:6
52 votes

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Hebrews 12:5
41 votes

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:

Proverbs 13:1
33 votes

¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.