Bible Verses About Disciplining Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for disciplining children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,406 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 Disciplining Children
Proverbs 13:24143 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Hebrews 12:11120 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 23:13-14114 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 22:6106 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 29:1796 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 29:1581 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:476 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:1565 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 19:1864 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 12:142 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Colossians 3:2136 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 20:3033 votes
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 13:132 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Ephesians 6:132 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:5-632 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 6:2329 votes
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Deuteronomy 21:18-2128 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 15:527 votes
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 13:1825 votes
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Deuteronomy 6:724 votes
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Mark 10:1422 votes
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.
Ephesians 6:2-321 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
2 Timothy 3:1618 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Hebrews 12:7-1117 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Revelation 3:1916 votes
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
What does the Bible say about disciplining children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 13:24 on the subject of disciplining children. Across 1,406 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 12:11, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.