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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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

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

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

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

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: 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 instruction 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 be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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.

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. — read the full passage →

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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 →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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 among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. — read the full passage →

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. — read the full passage →

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: — read the full passage →

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. — 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 God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

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

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: — read the full passage →

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned 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 the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. — 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 what is before thee: — read the full passage →

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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

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

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

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

In 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 mischiefs; 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 the Lord 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 the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord 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:

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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

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

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

And he 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 instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

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

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. — read the full passage →

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

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

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; — read the full passage →

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. — read the full passage →

I the Lord 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 God. — read the full passage →

Therefore will I also deal in fury: 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 dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: — read the full passage →

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. — 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 when he is old, he will not depart from it. — read the full passage →

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. — read the full passage →

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. — read the full passage →

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. — 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 mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

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

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi–bah. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto 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 the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away 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 tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. — read the full passage →

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

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

In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: 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 →