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Bible Verses about “spanking children

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

Ephesians 6:4
1043 votes

You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction 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

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:

Ephesians 6:3
461 votes

"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

Colossians 3:21
347 votes

Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

Colossians 3:20
284 votes

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Proverbs 13:24
277 votes

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

1 Timothy 3:4
241 votes

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Proverbs 29:15
193 votes

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Hebrews 12:11
179 votes

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.

Proverbs 23:13
172 votes

Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:14
153 votes

Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 22:15
134 votes

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Psalms 103:13
126 votes

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Proverbs 29:17
125 votes

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Hebrews 12:8
119 votes

But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

Proverbs 19:18
105 votes

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

Hebrews 12:7
81 votes

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?

Hebrews 12:9
66 votes

Furthermore, 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?

Hebrews 12:10
66 votes

For 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.

Hebrews 12:6
52 votes

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

Hebrews 12:5
41 votes

and 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;

Proverbs 13:1
33 votes

A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.