Scripture teaches that discipline is a necessary part of raising children, with Proverbs 23:13-14 and Proverbs 13:24 emphasizing the importance of correction in guiding them towards wisdom. However, Ephesians 6:4 and Colossians 3:21 caution against provoking or exasperating children, highlighting the need for balance and gentleness in discipline. Proverbs 29:15 also notes that a lack of discipline can lead to a lack of wisdom, underscoring the role of parents in teaching and training their children. By considering these passages, parents can seek to discipline their children in a way that is both loving and effective.
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Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.