Bible Verses About Spanking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spanking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 640 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 Spanking
Proverbs 23:13-1470 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 13:2463 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:1560 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:460 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:2149 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 22:648 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:1539 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 19:1835 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 29:1733 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 23:1332 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 20:3025 votes
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 13:124 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Ephesians 6:1-423 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:121 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:3-1119 votes
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2114 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:
Galatians 6:113 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Hebrews 12:912 votes
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
What does the Bible say about spanking?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 23:13-14 on the subject of spanking. Across 640 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:15, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.