corporal punishment
What does the Bible say about corporal punishment? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
14 passages · most helpful first
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
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.
15Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
30The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.
18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
1“If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious. 2But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be. 3Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.
3A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
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.
13In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.