Disciplining A Child

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

Jesus wept.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

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

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

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

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.