Bible Verses About Corporal Punishment
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for corporal punishment, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,740 votes, led by Proverbs 13:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Corporal Punishment
Proverbs 13:24230 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13-14161 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 22:15100 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:1587 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 22:676 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:471 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 20:3066 votes
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 19:1854 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Colossians 3:2150 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 23:1348 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Deuteronomy 25:1-346 votes
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Proverbs 26:335 votes
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Hebrews 12:1134 votes
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.
Proverbs 10:1329 votes
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.
Genesis 9:626 votes
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Hebrews 12:9-1125 votes
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?
Psalms 141:520 votes
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 29:1720 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:119 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:1-2919 votes
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,
Exodus 20:1218 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2118 votes
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:
Proverbs 23:1418 votes
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Galatians 6:118 votes
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.
Colossians 3:2018 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
What does the Bible say about corporal punishment?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 13:24 on the subject of corporal punishment. Across 1,740 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 29:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.