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Bible Verses About punishing children

15 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about punishing children. This collection of 15 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Proverbs 23:13
King James (KJV)Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

15 Key Scriptures

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
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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.
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
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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:
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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 .
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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