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What does the Bible say about disciplining children?

17 verses about disciplining children, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about disciplining children

Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 8 votes
Hebrews 12:11 — 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. 7 votes
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 6 votes
Proverbs 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 6 votes
Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 5 votes
Proverbs 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 5 votes
Proverbs 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 4 votes
Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 4 votes
Proverbs 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 3 votes
Deuteronomy 21:18 — 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: 2 votes
Proverbs 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 2 votes
Proverbs 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 votes
Proverbs 13:1 — A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 2 votes
Proverbs 20:30 — The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. 2 votes
Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 votes
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 2 votes
Hebrews 12:5 — 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: 2 votes

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Proverbs (11), Ephesians (2), Hebrews (2), Deuteronomy (1), Colossians (1)

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