Bible Verses about โdiscipline of childrenโ
The Bible contains 27 verses about discipline of children across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โYou fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.โ
โTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.โ
โChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.โ
โ"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.โ
โ"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:โ
โ"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."โ
โFathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.โ
โOne who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.โ
โThe rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.โ
โAll chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.โ
โDon't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.โ
โPunish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.โ
โFolly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.โ
โCorrect your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.โ
โBut if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.โ
โDiscipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.โ
โIt is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?โ
โWhoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.โ
โFurthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?โ
โFor they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.โ
โFor whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."โ
โA fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.โ
โand you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;โ
โHe who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.โ
โA wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.โ
โFor the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,โ
โMy son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:โ
