Bible Verses About Discipline

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.