25 Bible Verses about discipline, in the family

Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?

And you should know with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, [so] Yahweh your God [is] disciplining you.

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.

Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.

For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him."

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at [the time of] your living in your house and at [the time of] your going on the road and at [the time of] your lying down and at [the time of] your rising [up].

Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.

And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

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. As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.

As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.

"However, {take care} for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to {your grandchildren}.

And you shall teach them to your children by talking about them when you sit in your house and when you travel on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

And [then] their children, who have not known, they [too] may hear, and they may learn to revere Yahweh their God all the days {that you live} on the land that you [are] crossing the Jordan {to get there} to take possession of it."

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children,

My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.

and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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?

I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons [were] bringing curses on themselves, but he did not rebuke them.

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, "I will be king," so he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men running before him. His father did not rebuke him {at any time} [by] saying, "Why did you do so?" Now he was also very handsome of appearance; she had borne him after Absalom.