Bible Verses About Discipline

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

Deuteronomy 8:5

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,

Psalms 94:12

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 3:12

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

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1

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

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 13:1

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Proverbs 13:18

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Proverbs 15:5

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.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:27

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

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

1 Timothy 4:7

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 4:8

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:

You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Hebrews 12:5

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Hebrews 12:6

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.

For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Hebrews 12:10

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,

1 Peter 1:15

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

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Revelation 3:19