What are some Bible verses about discipline?

Answer  
  

Hebrews 12:11  

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.  
  

Proverbs 12:1  

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.  
  

Proverbs 13:24  

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  
  

1 Corinthians 9:27  

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.  
  

Revelation 3:19  

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.  
  

Proverbs 3:11\-12  

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.  
  

Proverbs 29:15  

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.  
  

Proverbs 29:17  

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.  
  

Proverbs 23:13  

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

Proverbs 22:15  

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

Titus 1:8  

But hospitable, a lover of good, self\-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.  
  

Proverbs 25:28  

A man without self\-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.  
  

Ephesians 6:4  

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

Hebrews 12:5\-6  

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”  
  

Proverbs 6:23  

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,  
  

2 Timothy 1:7  

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self\-control.  
  

Proverbs 20:13  

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.  
  

Proverbs 19:18  

Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.  
  

Proverbs 13:1  

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

Proverbs 10:17  

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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