The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Discipline

  • 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.
  • Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
  • He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • 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: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he ...
  • But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
  • But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
  • Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
  • 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: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he ...
  • Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake ...
  • A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.