child discipline
What does the Bible say about child discipline? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
11Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.
15Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
20Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.