25 Bible Verses about Disciplining Children
Want to know what the Bible says about Disciplining Children? Here are 25 Bible verses about Disciplining Children from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Hebrews 12:11 NIV
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
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Proverbs 13:24 NIV
Whoever spares the rod hates their children,
but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
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Proverbs 23:13-14 NIV
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
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Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Proverbs 29:17 NIV
Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
they will bring you the delights you desire.
they will bring you the delights you desire.
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Proverbs 29:15 NIV
A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
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Ephesians 6:4 NIV
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:18 NIV
Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to their death.
do not be a willing party to their death.
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Proverbs 22:15 NIV
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
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Hebrews 12:5-6 NIV
5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
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Proverbs 20:30 NIV
Blows and wounds scrub away evil,
and beatings purge the inmost being.
and beatings purge the inmost being.
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Proverbs 12:1 NIV
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.
but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Mark 10:14 NIV
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Ephesians 6:2-3 NIV
2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
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Proverbs 15:5 NIV
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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Colossians 3:21 NIV
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21 NIV
18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
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Deuteronomy 6:7 NIV
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Proverbs 6:23 NIV
For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
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