Unless man finally realizes that it is the ultimate intention and plan of God for him to be disciplined in life, he will never attain real peace, joy, happiness and prosperity - more so the purpose of God.

DISCIPLINE VERSES

  1. Deuteronomy 4:36 “From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.”

  2. Deuteronomy 8:5 “Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.”

  3. Deuteronomy 11:2 “Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the LORD your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;”

  4. Deuteronomy 21:18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,...

  5. Psalms 6:1 “O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.”

  6. Psalms 38:1 “O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.”

  7. Psalms 39:11 “You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth- each man is but a breath. Selah”

  8. Psalms 94:10 “Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?”

  9. Psalms 94:12 “Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;”

  10. Proverbs 1:2 “..for attaining wisdom and discipline, for understanding words of insight; for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;..”

  11. Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline

  12. Proverbs 3:11 “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”

  13. Proverbs 4:13 “Hold firm to discipline; never let her go. Guard her well for she is your Salvation.” CCB

  14. Proverbs 5:12: “You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.”

  15. Proverbs 5:23 “He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.”

  16. Proverbs 10:17 ”He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.”

  17. Proverbs 12:1 “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.”

  18. Proverbs 13:18 “He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.”

  19. Proverbs 13:24: “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.”

  20. Proverbs 15:5 “A fool spurns his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.”

  21. Proverbs 15:10: “Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.”

  22. Proverbs 15:32 “He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.”

  23. Proverbs 19:18 “Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.”

  24. Proverbs 22:15: “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.”

  25. Proverbs 23:13 “Do not withhold discipline from a child: if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.”

  26. Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth and do not sell it; set wisdom, discipline and understanding.”

  27. Proverbs 29:17: “Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.”

  28. Proverbs 19:20 “Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days.(NASB)

  29. Proverbs 29:19 ”Words alone will not discipline a servant; the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.(NLT)

  30. Hebrews 12:5-6 “My son do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”

  31. Hebrews 12:7-8 “Endure hardship as discipline. God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.”

  32. Hebrews 12:9 “Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!”

  33. Hebrews 12:10 “Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good that we may share in his holiness.”

  34. Hebrews 12:11 “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces the harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

  35. Jeremiah 17:23: “Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.”

  36. Jeremiah 30:11”You alone shall not be destroyed, but I will discipline you justly and not let you unpunished.”

  37. Jeremiah 31:18: “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: “You disciplined me like as unruly calf, and have been disciplined.”

  38. Jeremiah 32:33: “They turned their backs to me and not their face; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.”

  39. Jeremiah 46:28: “Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you. I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.” ‘

  40. 2nd Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”

  41. Revelation 3:19 “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

  42. Wisdom 6:17 “The beginning of Wisdom is a sincere desire for discipline; concern for discipline is love of her, and loving her means keeping her laws; the observance of her laws assures one of immortality, and immortality brings us close to God.” CCB

  43. 1st Corinthians 9:24 “Have you not learned anything from stadium? Many run, but only one gets the prize. Run, therefore, intending to win it, as athletes who impose upon themselves a rigorous discipline. Yet for them the wreath is of laurels which wither, while for us, it does not wither.”

  44. 1st Corinthians 11:32: ‘When you are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.”

  45. Job 5:17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.”

  46. Job 36:10 “He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.”

  47. Colossians 2:5: “So let no one deceive you with persuasive arguments. Although I am from you, my spirit is with you and I rejoice in recalling how well-disciplined you are and how firm in the faith of Christ.”

  48. Titus 1:8: “Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.”

  49. Isaiah 26:16: “Lord they came to you in their distress: when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.”

  50. Hosea 5:2: “The rebels are in deep slaughter. I will discipline all of them.”

  51. Proverbs 1:23 “If you turn to my discipline, then I will pour out my spirit on you and teach you my words.(HCSB)

  52. Proverbs 29:19 ” Words alone will not discipline a servant; the words may be understood, but they are not heeded. (NLT)