Spanking Your Child

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.

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

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

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

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

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: — read the full passage →

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod forhispride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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.

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.

A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. — read the full passage →

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

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

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. — read the full passage →

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction. — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; — read the full passage →

The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward. — read the full passage →

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; — read the full passage →

Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. — read the full passage →

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; — read the full passage →

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

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

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

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments. — read the full passage →

With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. — read the full passage →

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. — read the full passage →

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; — read the full passage →

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

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

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God. — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven. — read the full passage →

And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: — read the full passage →

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them. — read the full passage →

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. — read the full passage →

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith. — read the full passage →

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. — read the full passage →

I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. — read the full passage →

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? — read the full passage →

O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: — read the full passage →

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother. — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. — read the full passage →

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

When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. — read the full passage →

A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool. — read the full passage →

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes. — read the full passage →

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

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. — read the full passage →

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. — read the full passage →

And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I. — read the full passage →

Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens. — read the full passage →

I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. — read the full passage →