23 Bible Verses about Discipline
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To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding,
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.
He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.
Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
Indeed I heard Ephraim pitying themselves, 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like a calf that is not trained. Bring me back and let me return, for you [are] Yahweh my God.
Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?
Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?
For they disciplined [us] for a few days according to what seemed [appropriate] to them, but he [does so] for our benefit, in order that [we] can have a share in his holiness.
Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.
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Discipline » Church » The discipline of
among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme.
Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person} [am] humble among you, but [when I] am absent am bold toward you--
[I have decided] to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
I have already said when was present the second time, and [although I] am absent now also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare [anyone],
Discipline » Of children » The correction of children
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.
Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.
Discipline » Of armies, for disobedience of orders
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Stand up! {Why} [have] you fallen on your face? Israel has sinned and {transgressed my covenant} that I commanded them. They have taken from the devoted things; they have stolen and acted deceitfully, and they have put [them] among their belongings. The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I will be with you no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you. read more.
Get up, sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow. Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: "[There are] devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You will be unable to stand before you enemies until you remove the devoted things from your midst." In the morning you will come forward, {tribe by tribe}, and the tribe that Yahweh will select by lot will come forward by clans, and the clan that Yahweh selects by lot will come forward by families, and the family that Yahweh selects by lot will come forward one by one. The one caught with the devoted things will be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because {he transgressed the covenant} of Yahweh, and because he did a disgraceful thing in Israel." '" So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought forward Israel, {tribe by tribe}, and the tribe of Judah was selected by lot. And he brought forward the clans of Judah and selected the clan of the Zerahites by lot. Then he brought forward the clan of the Zerahites, one by one, and Zabdi was selected by lot. He brought forward his family, one by one, and Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected by lot. And Joshua said to Achan, "My son, please, give glory to Yahweh the God of Israel, and give him a doxology in court. Tell me, please, what you have done; do not hide [it] from me." And Achan answered Joshua and said, "It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did: I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold [that] weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They [are] hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver [is] under it." Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there [they were], hidden in his tent, and the silver [was] under it. And they took them from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the {Israelites}. And they spread them out before the presence of Yahweh. Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his cattle and donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything that [was] his, and they brought them [to] the valley of Achor. And Joshua said, "Why did you bring us trouble? Yahweh will bring you trouble on this day." And all Israel stoned them [with] stones; and they burned them with fire [after] they stoned them with stones. Then {they placed} on top of him a great pile of stones [that remains] to this day. And Yahweh {turned from his burning anger}, and thus the name of that place to this day is called the valley of Achor.
And the {Israelites} said, "Who in the assembly has not come up from all the tribes of Israel to Yahweh?" For a solemn oath was [taken] concerning whoever did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah, saying, "He will certainly be put to death." But the {Israelites} had compassion for Benjamin, their relatives, and they said, "Today one tribe is cut off from Israel. What will we do for them--for the [ones] being left over--for wives? For we have sworn by Yahweh not to give to them our daughters as wives." read more.
They asked, "Which one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah?" And behold, no one came from Jabesh-gilead to the camp, to the assembly. The people were counted, and no one was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead. And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men from the troops, and they commanded them, saying, "Go, strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with {the edge of the sword}, and the women and children. This is the thing you will do: {you will destroy} every man and {every woman who had sex with a man}." And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not {had sex with a man}, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
Topics on Discipline
Church Discipline
2 Corinthians 2:6-8This punishment by the majority [is] sufficient for such a person.
Discipline Child
Proverbs 23:14As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.
Discipline From God
Job 5:17"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,
Discipline Of The Church
1 Timothy 1:3Just as I urged you [when I] traveled to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus, so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrine,
discipline, divine
Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and punishes every son whom he accepts."
discipline, in the family
Hebrews 12:7Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?
Parental Discipline
Proverbs 10:13On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.
Self Discipline
1 Timothy 4:7But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.
Related Topics
- Admonition, Of Parents
- Authority Within The Family, Kinds Of
- Bad Parents
- Becoming A Parent
- Children, Disciplining
- Children, Good Kids
- Children, needs of
- Correction
- Crimes