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Want to know what the Bible says about Spanking Children? Here are 46 Bible verses about Spanking 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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Ecclesiastes 8:11 NIV
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
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Proverbs 19:26-27 NIV
26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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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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Proverbs 23:14 NIV
Punish them with the rod
    and save them from death.
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Proverbs 12:1 NIV
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Exodus 20:12 NIV
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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Hebrews 12:6-7 NIV
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
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Revelation 3:19 NIV
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
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Proverbs 21:11 NIV
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
    by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
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Proverbs 3:11 NIV
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not resent his rebuke,
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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,
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Deuteronomy 5:16 NIV
“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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Proverbs 1:7 NIV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Proverbs 3:11-12 NIV
11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
    as a father the son he delights in.
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Proverbs 15:32 NIV
Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
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Proverbs 15:5 NIV
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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Proverbs 26:3 NIV
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
    and a rod for the backs of fools!
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Galatians 6:1 NIV
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
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Proverbs 10:13 NIV
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
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