Bible Verses About Punishing Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for punishing children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,132 votes, led by Proverbs 23:13-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Punishing Children
Proverbs 23:13-14143 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 13:24102 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 22:6102 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:1589 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:1576 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:472 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 19:1854 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 29:1748 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:141 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:6-738 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2131 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:
Colossians 3:2128 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Hebrews 12:1127 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.
Romans 6:2325 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Exodus 20:1223 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Colossians 3:2022 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 12:121 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Exodus 21:1520 votes
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Ephesians 6:1-417 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 23:1316 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:2015 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Exodus 21:1714 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Revelation 3:1914 votes
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 1:813 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 3:11-1213 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
What does the Bible say about punishing children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 23:13-14 on the subject of punishing children. Across 1,132 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 22:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.