Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
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Referenced Verses
- Eph 6:4 : 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,
- Ps 103:13 : 13 Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
- Prov 4:1-4 : 1 ¶ Hear, ye children, 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 my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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1 ¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour 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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, 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 unto the Lord.
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18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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22 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
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6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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6 ¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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18 ¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked 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 vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children 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, in the day of temptation 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] curseth their father, and doth not bless 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 obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
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8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
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15 While it is said, To day if ye will 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 intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
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17 ¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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1 ¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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21 ‹And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and cause them to be put to death.›
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26 ¶ He that wasteth [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 exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,
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9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [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 thine 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 thy father's commandment, 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, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
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12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 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 obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
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7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
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24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
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21 ¶ My son, let not them 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 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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