'Discipline' in the Bible

"'If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.

And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."

I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."

Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter, but I will discipline them all.

I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.

When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.

I am about to discipline your children and will spread offal on your faces, the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!