Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  8000 The life of the believer  »  8200 The character of the believer  »  8230 discipline  »  8232 discipline, in the family

Parents' loving, corrective training of their children, by verbal instruction and punishments, so that they grow up in the way God wants.

Parents are to discipline their children

Hebrews 12:7 See also Deuteronomy 8:5; Hebrews 12:9-11

Parents discipline out of love for their children

Proverbs 13:24 See also Proverbs 3:12

The means of parental discipline

Training

Proverbs 22:6 See also Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Proverbs 29:17; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21

Correction

Proverbs 22:15 See also Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13-14; Proverbs 29:15

Verbal instruction

Ephesians 6:4 See also Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:7,20-25; Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 31:13; Psalm 78:5; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; 2 Timothy 3:15

Punishment

Proverbs 23:13-14 See also Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 29:15

The purpose of parental discipline is to impart wisdom

Proverbs 29:15 See also Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 29:17; Hebrews 12:9,11

Examples of parents who neglected discipline

Eli

1 Samuel 3:13

David

1 Kings 1:5-6

See also

5666  children, needs
5680  family
5685  fathers, responsibilities
5718  mothers
5731  parents
8476  self-discipline