Topic
Child Discipline
25 verses · ranked by helpfulness
Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe 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, that they be not discouraged.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →
He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokesreachthe innermost parts.
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 thy 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 correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.