Bible Verses about “spanking children”
The Bible contains 24 verses about spanking children 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.”
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
“"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:”
“"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."”
“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”
“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”
“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
“one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;”
“The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.”
“Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.”
“But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.”
“Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.”
“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?”
“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?”
“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.”
“For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."”
“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;”
“A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.”