Disciplining A Child

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

Jesus wept.

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

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

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

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

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

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

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

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

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

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

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

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

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.