Punishing Your Children

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will 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 nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not 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; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will 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.

Jehovah 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 eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah 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 he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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

who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

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

By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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

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

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokesreachthe innermost parts.

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

Whoso loveth correction 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 Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

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

And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

keeping lovingkindness 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not kill.

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

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

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

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

for he is a 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 a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

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

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the 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 thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

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

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the 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 Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. — read the full passage →

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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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

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

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

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

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

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten 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 correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, 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 Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, — read the full passage →

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

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

I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.