Child Discipline

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t 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 pleases the Lord.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

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