Bible Verses About "What Does the Bible Say About Disciplining Children"
The Bible instructs parents to discipline their children in love, correcting them with wisdom and consistency as God disciplines those He loves.
The Bible instructs parents to discipline their children in love, correcting them with wisdom and consistency as God disciplines those He loves.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Does the Bible Say About Disciplining Children?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
"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."
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