24 Bible Verses about Disciplining a Child (KJV)

Here are 24 Bible verses about disciplining a child, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 13:24 KJV

²⁴He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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Proverbs 22:15 KJV

¹⁵Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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Ephesians 6:4 KJV

⁴And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Proverbs 29:17 KJV

¹⁷Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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Hebrews 12:11 KJV

¹¹Now 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.

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Proverbs 22:6 KJV

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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Proverbs 19:18 KJV

¹⁸Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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Hebrews 12:5-6 KJV

⁵And 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: ⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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John 11:35 KJV

³⁵Jesus wept.

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Luke 15:11-32 KJV

¹¹And he said, A certain man had two sons: ¹²And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. ¹³And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. ¹⁴And when he had …

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Proverbs 29:15 KJV

¹⁵The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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Hebrews 12:6 KJV

⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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Proverbs 13:18 KJV

¹⁸Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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Proverbs 3:11 KJV

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

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Proverbs 20:30 KJV

³⁰The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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Proverbs 13:1 KJV

¹A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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Proverbs 10:17 KJV

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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Deuteronomy 21:18-21 KJV

¹⁸If 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: ¹⁹Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; ²⁰And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn …

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Deuteronomy 6:6-9 KJV

⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ⁸And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. …

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Colossians 3:21 KJV

²¹Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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Proverbs 15:5 KJV

⁵A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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Proverbs 12:1 KJV

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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Proverbs 6:23 KJV

²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Galatians 6:1 KJV

¹Brethren, 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.

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