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Bible Verses About unruly children

9 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about unruly children. This collection of 9 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Proverbs 22:6
King James (KJV)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

9 Key Scriptures

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.
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:
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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