Ephesians 6:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.
  • Col 3:21 : 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  • Deut 11:19-21 : 19 Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. 20 Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates 21 so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.
  • Heb 12:7-9 : 7 Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 8 But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. 9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. 2 Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, 4 he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
  • Ps 78:4-7 : 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 7 Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.
  • Deut 6:20-24 : 20 Exhortation to Remember the Past When your children ask you later on,“What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?” 21 you must say to them,“We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way. 22 And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes. 23 He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors. 24 The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.
  • Exod 12:26-27 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’– 27 then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,
  • Exod 13:14-15 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’ 7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’ 22 explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 24 He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD’s power and so you might always obey the LORD your God.”
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 If you have no desire to worship the LORD, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-13 : 10 He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 11 “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would. 12 Only may the LORD give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of the LORD your God. 13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!
  • 1 Chr 28:9-9 : 9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently. 10 Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 David said to his son Solomon:“Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD’s temple is finished.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”
  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

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    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

  • Eph 6:1-3
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    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

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    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Heb 12:5-9
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    5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

    7Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

    8But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

    9Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

  • Prov 4:1
    76%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Eph 6:5
    75%

    5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

  • Prov 19:18
    75%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

    12For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 6:20
    74%

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Mal 4:6
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    6He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Eph 5:6
    73%

    6Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
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    1Instructions about Specific Groups Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Deut 8:5
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    5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
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    4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

  • 1 Thess 2:11
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    11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

  • Deut 6:7
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  • Exod 20:12
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    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Eph 4:26
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    26Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

  • Matt 15:4
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  • Prov 13:24
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    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Col 3:6
    72%

    6Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

  • Prov 19:26
    72%

    26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

    15For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 23:22
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    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Titus 2:4
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    4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

  • Ps 6:1
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    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

  • Deut 4:25
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    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.