Top 25 Bible Verses About Discipline (KJV)

11 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.

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

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

27 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.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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

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

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 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? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 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.

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

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.