Top 25 Bible Verses About Spanking Your Child (NIV)

²⁴ He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

⁴ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

¹⁵ The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

¹⁸ Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

¹¹ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

¹⁷ Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

²¹ Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

⁶ Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

¹⁹ Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

¹ A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. ⁵ Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

⁶ because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." ⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

¹⁴ Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

³⁰ Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

⁴ He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.

³ A fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

¹² "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

²³ For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,

¹¹ When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.

¹¹ When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.