Here are 33 Bible verses about parental discipline, 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
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Proverbs 22:6 KJV
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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Ephesians 6:4 KJV
4 And, 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 19:18 KJV
18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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Proverbs 29:15 KJV
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Proverbs 29:17 KJV
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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Hebrews 12:7 KJV
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
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Hebrews 12:6 KJV
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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Proverbs 23:14 KJV
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Proverbs 23:13 KJV
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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Colossians 3:21 KJV
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Proverbs 22:15 KJV
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Proverbs 20:30 KJV
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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Luke 17:1-2 KJV
1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
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Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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Hebrews 12:5-6 KJV
5 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: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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Proverbs 31:3 KJV
3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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Proverbs 30:17 KJV
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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Proverbs 23:13-14 KJV
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Exodus 20:12 KJV
12 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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Hebrews 12:1-29 KJV
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. …
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Proverbs 6:20-21 KJV
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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Proverbs 16:32 KJV
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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Proverbs 15:4 KJV
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Proverbs 3:11 KJV
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
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Exodus 21:17 KJV
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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1 Corinthians 3:1-3 KJV
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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John 3:1-36 KJV
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. …
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Luke 17:1-37 KJV
1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. …
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Lamentations 3:1 KJV
1 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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Psalm 127:3-5 KJV
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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Deuteronomy 6:1-25 KJV
1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear …