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Bible Verses About spanking

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What does the Bible say about spanking? Browse 16 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical 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.

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Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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
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
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. cleanseth: Heb. is a purging medicine against
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. if: or, although
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 .
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:

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