Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the Lord your God disciplines you for your own good.

Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the Lord your God or seen his greatness and his strong hand and powerful arm.

Dealing with a Rebellious Son

“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.

I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.

Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking, “Why are you doing that?” Adonijah had been born next after Absalom, and he was very handsome.

“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

“Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.

Psalm 6

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.

Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude

Psalm 38

A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!

When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word.

I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair; you disciplined me because I needed it.

Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise.

Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you.

You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life.

People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.

To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline; a mocker refuses to listen to correction.