Bible Verses about “spanking your child”
The Bible contains 19 verses about spanking your 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.”
“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.”
“The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.”
“and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
“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.”
“These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;”
“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.”
“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
“You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.”
“You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.”
“As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.”
“A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.”
“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
“Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.”