Colossians 3:21

American Standard Version (1901)

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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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    86%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

    3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

    5Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

  • Col 3:19-20
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    82%

    19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

    20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    74%

    18If 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;

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Col 3:22
    73%

    22Servants, 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: [

  • Col 3:6
    72%

    6for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

  • Heb 12:5
    71%

    5and 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;

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Eph 4:26
    71%

    26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Heb 3:8
    71%

    8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

  • 1 Tim 3:4
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    4one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

  • Prov 30:11
    70%

    11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • Prov 17:25
    70%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Titus 2:9
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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;

  • Ps 37:8
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    8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth] only to evil-doing.

  • Heb 3:15
    70%

    15while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  • Mal 4:6
    70%

    6And 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.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
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    17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 23:13
    69%

    13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Matt 10:21
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  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

  • 1 Thess 2:11
    69%

    11as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,

  • Heb 12:9
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    9Furthermore, 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?

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • Ps 78:8
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    8And 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.

  • Prov 6:20
    69%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • 2 Chr 30:7
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    7And 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.

  • Exod 20:12
    69%

    12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Prov 27:11
    69%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    68%

    14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:

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    68%

    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

  • Prov 23:24
    68%

    24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

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    21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

  • Deut 5:16
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    16Honor 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.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.