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70 verses contain “Discipline” (in the KJV: 11, in the BSB: 59) — showing 1–70
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And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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 whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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?
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.
He hath mercy on them that receive discipline, and that diligently seek after his judgments.
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins:
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.
Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline; and they that seek him early shall find favour.
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.