The best Bible verses for discipline (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for discipline (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Poverty and shame [will come] to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored."Proverbs 13:18
"Poverty and shame [will come] to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored."Proverbs 13:18
"He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently."Proverbs 13:24
"He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding."Proverbs 15:32
"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him."Proverbs 22:15
"Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die."Proverbs 23:13
"For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your wrath."Psalms 6:1
"A Psalm of David, for a memorial. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger."Psalms 38:1
"'With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah."Psalms 39:11
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for discipline (NASB) are Proverbs 13:18, Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 15:5. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to discipline (NASB) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for discipline (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.