Bible Verses About Punishing Your Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for punishing your children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 468 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 Your Children
Proverbs 23:13-1461 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 13:2450 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:445 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:642 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:1532 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:1532 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:1729 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:127 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2124 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 19:1824 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Colossians 3:2121 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Exodus 21:1719 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Hebrews 12:6-718 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Exodus 21:1517 votes
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Ephesians 6:1-415 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 23:1312 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
What does the Bible say about punishing your children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 23:13-14 on the subject of punishing your children. Across 468 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 13:24, Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.