Child Discipline

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →