Bible Verses about “disciplining a child”
The Bible contains 6 verses about disciplining a child across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
“All 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.”
“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.”
“Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.”