Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About disciplining children
17 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about disciplining children. This collection of 17 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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Translation Comparison
| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 13:24 |
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| King James (KJV) | “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.” |
17 Key Scriptures
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby .”
“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way”
“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.”
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. for: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die”
“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
“The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. cleanseth: Heb. is a purging medicine against”
“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:”
Hebrews 12:5KJV
“A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:”
“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: lamp: or, candle”
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