The best Bible verses for discipline (NLT) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for discipline (NLT), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness."Hebrews 12:10
"For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness."Hebrews 12:10
"No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening — it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way."Hebrews 12:11
"LORD, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline."Isaiah 26:16
"but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline."Jeremiah 17:23
"I have heard Israel saying, ‘You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the LORD my God."Jeremiah 31:18
"My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey."Jeremiah 32:33
"Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise."Proverbs 1:2
"Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair."Proverbs 1:3
"Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."Proverbs 1:7
"He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness."Proverbs 5:23
"For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life."Proverbs 6:23
"People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray."Proverbs 10:17
"If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept correction, you will be honored."Proverbs 13:18
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 (NLT) are Hebrews 12:10, Hebrews 12:11, Isaiah 26:16. 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 (NLT) 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 (NLT), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.