Disciplining Children

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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

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

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 →

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.

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? — read the full passage →

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

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

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — 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.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

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;

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

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

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. — read the full passage →

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.” — read the full passage →

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

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 →

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. — read the full passage →

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

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

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? — read the full passage →

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

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;

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from your midst. All Israel shall hear, and fear.

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.

“You shall not commit adultery.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

This phrase, “Yet once more”, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: