Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
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- Eph 6:4 : 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
- 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
- Ps 103:13 : 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
- Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
- Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.
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1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
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19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
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11 My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
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22 Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: [
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6 for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
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5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
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26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
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4 one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
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11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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9 [ Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;
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8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth] only to evil-doing.
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15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
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1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
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17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
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1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
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13 Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
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21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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26 He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
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11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
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9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
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8 And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
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12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:
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7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?
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24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
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21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.
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16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.