'Discipline' in the Bible

“But if after these things you will not obey Me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.

“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,

I will act with furious hostility toward you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins.

You must understand today that it is not your children who experienced or saw the discipline of the Lord your God:His greatness, strong hand, and outstretched arm;

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him,

I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others.

Although my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’”

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

See how happy the man is God corrects;so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;do not discipline me in Your wrath.

A Davidic psalm for remembrance.Lord, do not punish me in Your angeror discipline me in Your wrath.

You discipline a man with punishment for sin,consuming like a moth what is precious to him;every man is only a vapor.Selah

The One who instructs nations,the One who teaches man knowledge—does He not discipline?

Lord, happy is the man You disciplineand teach from Your law

If you respond to my warning,then I will pour out my spirit on youand teach you my words.

Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,and do not loathe His discipline;

Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

and you will say, “How I hated discipline,and how my heart despised correction.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,but the lips of the wise protect them.

Discipline is harsh for the one who leaves the path;the one who hates correction will die.

Discipline your son while there is hope;don’t be intent on killing him.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Discipline your son, and it will bring you peace of mindand give you delight.

but He will judge the poor righteouslyand execute justice for the oppressed of the land.He will strike the landwith discipline from His mouth,and He will kill the wickedwith a command from His lips.

Lord, they went to You in their distress;they poured out whispered prayersbecause Your discipline fell on them.

I have struck down your children in vain;they would not accept discipline.Your own sword has devoured your prophetslike a ravaging lion.

Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?You have struck them, but they felt no pain.You finished them off,but they refused to accept discipline.They made their faces harder than rock,and they refused to return.

You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths.

Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—not in Your anger,or You will reduce me to nothing.

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

For I will be with you—this is the Lord’s declaration—to save you!I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have scattered you;however, I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you justly,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

All your lovers have forgotten you;they no longer look for you,for I have struck you as an enemy would,with the discipline of someone cruel,because of your enormous guiltand your innumerable sins.

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline by listening to My words?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid—this is the Lord’s declaration—for I will be with you.I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have banished you,but I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you with justice,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

As they are going, I will spread My net over them;I will bring them down like birds of the sky.I will discipline them in accordancewith the news that reaches their assembly.

I will discipline them at My discretion;nations will be gathered against themto put them in bondagefor their two crimes.

She has not obeyed;she has not accepted discipline.She has not trusted in Yahweh;she has not drawn near to her God.

Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightlyor faint when you are reproved by Him,

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

But if you are without discipline—which all receive—then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.