Bible Verses About Spanking Your Child
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spanking your child, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,446 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 Spanking Your Child
Proverbs 13:24171 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:4142 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:15132 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 23:13-14116 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Hebrews 12:1188 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 22:684 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:1584 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Colossians 3:2180 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:2050 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Revelation 3:1948 votes
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 13:145 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Deuteronomy 6:4-942 votes
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
Proverbs 20:3032 votes
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Exodus 20:1224 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 6:2324 votes
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 14:324 votes
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 26:324 votes
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Proverbs 12:122 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Ecclesiastes 8:1122 votes
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
1 Timothy 3:422 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Leviticus 20:918 votes
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 5:1618 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 1:716 votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 13:1-2516 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Psalms 103:1314 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
What does the Bible say about spanking your child?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 13:24 on the subject of spanking your child. Across 1,446 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 23:13-14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.