There is a proper way to discipline your child and there is an abusive, sinful way. These verses describe important things to remember when doing so.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:4 ESV
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
- Mark 9:42 ESV
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 22:15 ESV
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Matthew 18:6 ESV
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
- Proverbs 29:15 ESV
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 22:6 ESV
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
- Proverbs 13:24 ESV
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
- Colossians 3:21 ESV
But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
- Mark 10:14 ESV
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
- Proverbs 19:18 ESV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
- Luke 17:2 ESV
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
- Psalm 127:3-5 ESV
“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.
- Exodus 21:22 ESV
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
- Colossians 3:20 ESV
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
- Proverbs 23:13-14 ESV
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 23:13 ESV
A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
- Proverbs 13:1 ESV
