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God disciplines His children to walk in the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
If you follow in the wisdom and instruction of the Bible, you know that God is diligent to discipline His children when they are in the wrong. God addresses you as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ.
The God of Israel does not withhold discipline because He has set you aside. When you step out of bounds, the rod of discipline will come down at some point. The Father of Spirits knows your heart and will bring down parental discipline when you fail to follow the instruction of the Lord.
In today's Bible study, we have composed the most popular Bible verses about discipline in the Bible. May these encouraging Bible verses help guide your path:
What does the Bible say about discipline
1. 2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2. Proverbs 23:13 KJV
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
3. Proverbs 19:18 KJV
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
4. Proverbs 29:17 KJV
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
5. Exodus 20:12 KJV
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
6. 1 Timothy 1:20 KJV
Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
7. Job 37:23 KJV
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
8. 2 Samuel 19:6 KJV
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
9. Proverbs 10:17 KJV
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
10. Isaiah 1:19 KJV
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
11. Job 5:17 KJV
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
12. Revelation 3:19 KJV
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
13. Proverbs 30:17 KJV
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
14. Proverbs 13:1 KJV
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
15. Hebrews 12:11 KJV
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.
16. Deuteronomy 8:5 KJV
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
17. 1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV
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.
18. Titus 3:10 KJV
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
19. Proverbs 13:24 KJV
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
20. Proverbs 16:32 KJV
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
21. Hebrews 13:17 KJV
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.
22. Proverbs 3:12 KJV
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
23. 2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
24. Proverbs 18:9 KJV
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
25. Proverbs 28:9 KJV
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
26. Proverbs 25:28 KJV
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
27. Proverbs 20:13 KJV
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
28. Proverbs 29:15 KJV
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
29. Proverbs 15:32 KJV
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
30. Proverbs 22:15 KJV
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
31. Psalms 119:105 KJV
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
32. Galatians 6:1 KJV
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.
33. Psalms 146:7 KJV
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
34. Titus 2:15 KJV
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
35. Isaiah 38:17 KJV
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
36. 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
37. Proverbs 13:18 KJV
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
38. 1 Timothy 4:7 KJV
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
39. 1 Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
40. Ephesians 6:4 KJV
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
41. Colossians 3:21 KJV
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
42. Proverbs 17:11 KJV
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
43. Isaiah 40:31 KJV
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
44. Titus 1:8 KJV
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
45. 1 Corinthians 11:32 KJV
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
46. Proverbs 12:1 KJV
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
47. Hebrews 5:8 KJV
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
48. Proverbs 6:23 KJV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
49. 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
50. Proverbs 22:6 KJV
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Conclusion
God's children receive instruction from the Bible. God's instruction yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. When you are raising children, disciplining and instruction in the Lord's way leads them closer to God. Discipline your sons and daughter to obey the Lord. Failing to receive the discipline of the Lord leads your children astray.
Just as I discipline my body to stay in shape, the Lord disciplines us to keep close to Him. Trust the Holy Spirit. We are only here for a short term, and eternity is long. Our lives are a bleep on the radar. Only fools despise the ways of Jesus Christ.
May you find victory through Jesus Christ.
God bless!