What does the Bible say about punishing your children?

14 verses about punishing your children, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about punishing your children

1. Proverbs 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 8 votes
2. Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 6 votes
3. Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 6 votes
4. Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 5 votes
5. 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
6. Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 4 votes
7. Proverbs 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 4 votes
8. 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: 3 votes
9. Proverbs 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 3 votes
10. Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 3 votes
11. Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 3 votes
12. Exodus 21:15 — And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 2 votes
13. Exodus 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 2 votes
14. Hebrews 12:6 — For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (7), Exodus (2), Ephesians (2), Deuteronomy (1), Colossians (1), Hebrews (1)

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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.