Verse 21

Fathers, prouoke not your chyldren to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde.
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye knowe, howe that as a father his chyldren, so we haue exhorted, comforted, and besought euery one of you,
• Ps 103:13 : 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children: euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym.
• Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.
• Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding. 2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe. 3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother: 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.
• Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatio, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym: 6 For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. 7 If ye endure chastenyng, God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes. 9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue? 10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse. 11 No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby.