Verse 21

Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And ye fathers, prouoke not youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 as ye knowe, how that as a father his children, euen so exhorted we and comforted and besoughte euery one of you,
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children, euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto the that feare him.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For who the LORDE loueth, him he chasteneth: and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne.
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome. 2 Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe. 3 For when I myself was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother, 4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and haue forgotten the consolacion, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children: My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge off the LORDE, nether faynte whan thou art rebuked of him: 6 for who the LORDE loueth, him he chasteneth, yee and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. 7 Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that, whom the father chasteneth not? 8 Yf ye be not vnder correccion (wherof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. 9 Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue? 10 And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he lerneth vs vnto yt which is profitable, that we mighte receaue of his holynes. 11 No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greuous: neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby.