Bible Verses About Discipline
Verses on God's discipline and spiritual self-discipline — both are expressions of love, shaping you into the person you are called to be.
Discipline is not punishment — it is love in action. These verses on discipline reveal that the LORD disciplines those He loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in. No discipline seems pleasant at the time — it is grievous. But afterward it produces the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Do not despise the LORD's correction. God is shaping you through what He allows in your life. The discomfort of discipline is the labor pains of something beautiful being formed in you.
“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.”
Hebrews 12:11
More Verses for Discipline
“My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction.”
Proverbs 3:11
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”
Hebrews 12:6
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
Revelation 3:19
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