The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Disciplining Children

  • 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.
  • He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
  • Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  • Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  • The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • 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.
  • Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
  • Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.