Bible Verses about “parental discipline”
The Bible contains 18 verses about parental discipline across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.”
“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.”
“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”
“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
“The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.”
“Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.”
“Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.”
“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.”
“Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.”
“for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.”
“My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:”
“It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?”
“For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."”
“It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.”
“Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.”
“He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!”