Quotes About Discipline

Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

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

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

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.

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”