Colossians 3:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: 2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. 3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother. 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him; 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod. 7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father? 8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame. 9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life? 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eph 6:1-5
    5 verses
    86%

    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

    5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

  • Col 3:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

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

    20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    74%

    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

  • Col 3:22
    73%

    22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

  • Col 3:6
    72%

    6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Heb 12:5
    71%

    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Eph 4:26
    71%

    26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

  • Eph 5:6
    71%

    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Heb 3:8
    71%

    8 Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

  • 1 Tim 3:4
    70%

    4 Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

  • Prov 30:11
    70%

    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Prov 17:25
    70%

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Titus 2:9
    70%

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

  • Ps 37:8
    70%

    8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

  • Heb 3:15
    70%

    15 As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.

  • Mal 4:6
    70%

    6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
    70%

    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

  • Prov 29:17
    70%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Prov 23:13
    69%

    13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

  • Matt 10:21
    69%

    21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • 1 Thess 2:11
    69%

    11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

  • Heb 12:9
    69%

    9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Ps 78:8
    69%

    8 And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

  • Prov 6:20
    69%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 15:20
    69%

    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • 2 Chr 30:7
    69%

    7 Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

  • Exod 20:12
    69%

    12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 27:11
    69%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    68%

    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • Heb 12:7
    68%

    7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

  • Prov 23:24
    68%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Prov 3:21
    68%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
    68%

    13 And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

  • Deut 5:16
    68%

    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Matt 15:4
    68%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.