Bible Verses About Discipline
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for discipline, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 21,140 votes, led by Hebrews 12:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Discipline
Hebrews 12:111,837 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 12:1981 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 13:24769 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
1 Corinthians 9:27655 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Revelation 3:19571 votes
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 3:11-12539 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Hebrews 12:1-29497 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,
Proverbs 29:15439 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:17412 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:4412 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:15402 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13401 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 25:28392 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Titus 1:8379 votes
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
2 Timothy 1:7358 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Proverbs 6:23322 votes
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Hebrews 12:5-11274 votes
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Proverbs 19:18261 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Job 5:17257 votes
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Proverbs 10:17251 votes
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs 20:13242 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 13:1231 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Hebrews 13:17225 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Proverbs 22:6218 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Deuteronomy 8:5-6201 votes
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
What does the Bible say about discipline?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 12:11 on the subject of discipline. Across 21,140 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 13:24, 1 Corinthians 9:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.