Written by Pastor Jack WellmanBest 21 Bible Verses About Discipline
Discipline is mentioned all throughout the Bible. There are different types of discipline, such as self discipline, disciplining children, and religious discipline. Here are the best 21 Bible Verses about discipline to help you gain a full meaning to the word as it’s used in the Bible.
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“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 5:17
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And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm,
- Deuteronomy 11:2
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He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge—
- Psalm 94:10
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Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- Proverbs 12:1
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For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
- Hebrews 12:10
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For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
- Hebrews 12:11
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Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
- Proverbs 19:18
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O LORD, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
- Isaiah 26:16
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but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
- Titus 1:8
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Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Deuteronomy 8:5
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“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
- Deuteronomy 21:18
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The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
- Psalm 118:18
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For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
- Psalm 50:17
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When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
- Psalm 39:11
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then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I myself will discipline you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28
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Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
- Proverbs 29:17
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Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 23:13
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 22:15
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Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
- Proverbs 13:24
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:4
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Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
- Revelation 3:19
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