Discipline

For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life

                ~Proverbs 6:23 (NIV)

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

                ~Colossians 2:5 (NIV)

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

                ~2 Timothy 1:7

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

                ~Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

                ~Revelation 3:19 (NIV)