Punishing Your Children

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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 →

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

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. — read the full passage →

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

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

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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:

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not kill.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; — read the full passage →

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. — read the full passage →

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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.

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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

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.

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.