Here are 97 Bible verses about punishing your children, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Ephesians 6:1 KJV
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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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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Deuteronomy 21:18-21 KJV
18 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: 19 Then 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; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn …
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Colossians 3:21 KJV
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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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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Hebrews 12:6-7 KJV
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 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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Exodus 21:15 KJV
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 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 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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Ezekiel 18:20 KJV
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …
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Luke 15:11-32 KJV
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And 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. 13 And 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. 14 And when he had …
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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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Matthew 25:46 KJV
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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Exodus 20:1-26 KJV
1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. …
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Luke 2:51 KJV
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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Malachi 4:1 KJV
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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Exodus 20:5 KJV
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
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2 Thessalonians 1:9 KJV
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJV
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …
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Romans 6:23 KJV
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Mark 10:13-16 KJV
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not …
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Mark 9:43 KJV
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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Malachi 4:3 KJV
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Ezekiel 28:18 KJV
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
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Proverbs 23:24 KJV
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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Proverbs 1:7 KJV
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Jude 1:6 KJV
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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Romans 8:38-39 KJV
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Matthew 25:41 KJV
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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Proverbs 26:3 KJV
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
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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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Proverbs 20:11 KJV
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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Proverbs 12:1 KJV
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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Proverbs 6:23 KJV
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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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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Deuteronomy 11:19 KJV
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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Deuteronomy 8:5 KJV
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
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Exodus 34:7 KJV
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
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Exodus 34:6-7 KJV
6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
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Exodus 20:13 KJV
13 Thou shalt not kill.
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Revelation 3:19 KJV
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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1 John 4:16 KJV
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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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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Colossians 3:20 KJV
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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Ephesians 4:29 KJV
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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Romans 13:4 KJV
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
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Luke 18:17 KJV
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
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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 3:11 KJV
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
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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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Psalm 68:6 KJV
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
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Psalm 51:5 KJV
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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1 Kings 12:18 KJV
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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Deuteronomy 31:13 KJV
13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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Deuteronomy 24:16 KJV
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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Deuteronomy 6:7 KJV
7 And 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.
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Deuteronomy 5:16 KJV
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Deuteronomy 4:9 KJV
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
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Exodus 21:12 KJV
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
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Exodus 20:5-6 KJV
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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Exodus 12:14-51 KJV
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. …
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Genesis 18:19 KJV
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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1 Peter 5:5 KJV
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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James 1:27 KJV
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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James 1:5 KJV
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Hebrews 12:11 KJV
11 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.
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Hebrews 12:10 KJV
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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Hebrews 12:9 KJV
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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Proverbs 15:5 KJV
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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Proverbs 13:1 KJV
1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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Proverbs 10:17 KJV
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 10:13 KJV
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 6:20 KJV
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Proverbs 3:12 KJV
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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Proverbs 1:8-9 KJV
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Proverbs 1:8 KJV
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Psalm 139:1-24 KJV
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind …
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Psalm 127:4 KJV
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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Psalm 113:9 KJV
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
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Psalm 94:12 KJV
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
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1 Kings 12:13-14 KJV
13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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Deuteronomy 5:9 KJV
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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Leviticus 20:9 KJV
9 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.
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Exodus 20:2 KJV
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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