Verse 21

Fathers{G3962}, provoke{G2042}{(G5720)} not{G3361} your{G5216} children{G5043} to anger, lest{G3363} they be discouraged{G120}{(G5725)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And{G2532}, ye fathers{G3962}, provoke{G3949} not{G3361} your{G5216} children{G5043} to wrath{G3949}{(G5720)}: but{G235} bring{G1625} them{G846} up{G1625}{(G5720)} in{G1722} the nurture{G3809} and{G2532} admonition{G3559} of the Lord{G2962}.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As{G2509} ye know{G1492}{(G5758)} how{G5613} we exhorted{G3870}{(G5723)} and{G2532} comforted{G3888}{(G5740)} and charged{G3140}{(G5734)} every{G1538} one{G1520} of you{G5209}{G5216}, as{G5613} a father{G3962} doth his{G1438} children{G5043},
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 Like as a father{H1} pitieth{H7355}{(H8763)} his children{H1121}, so the LORD{H3068} pitieth{H7355}{(H8765)} them that fear{H3373} him.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom the LORD{H3068} loveth{H157}{(H8799)} he correcteth{H3198}{(H8686)}; even as a father{H1} the son{H1121} in whom he delighteth{H7521}{(H8799)}.
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, ye children{H1121}, the instruction{H4148} of a father{H1}, and attend{H7181}{(H8685)} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} understanding{H998}. 2 For I give{H5414}{(H8804)} you good{H2896} doctrine{H3948}, forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} ye not my law{H8451}. 3 For I was my father's{H1} son{H1121}, tender{H7390} and only{H3173} beloved in the sight{H6440} of my mother{H517}. 4 He taught{H3384}{(H8686)} me also, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Let thine heart{H3820} retain{H8551}{(H8799)} my words{H1697}: keep{H8104}{(H8798)} my commandments{H4687}, and live{H2421}{(H8798)}.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And{G2532} ye have forgotten{G1585}{(G5769)} the exhortation{G3874} which{G3748} speaketh{G1256}{(G5736)} unto you{G5213} as{G5613} unto children{G5207}, My{G3450} son{G5207}, despise{G3643} not{G3361} thou{G3643}{(G5720)} the chastening{G3809} of the Lord{G2962}, nor{G3366} faint{G1590}{(G5744)} when thou art rebuked{G1651}{(G5746)} of{G5259} him{G846}: 6 For{G1063} whom{G3739} the Lord{G2962} loveth{G25}{(G5719)} he chasteneth{G3811}{(G5719)}, and{G1161} scourgeth{G3146}{(G5719)} every{G3956} son{G5207} whom{G3739} he receiveth{G3858}{(G5736)}. 7 If{G1487} ye endure{G5278}{(G5719)} chastening{G3809}, God{G2316} dealeth{G4374}{(G5743)} with you{G5213} as{G5613} with sons{G5207}; for{G1063} what{G5101} son{G5207} is he{G2076}{(G5748)} whom{G3739} the father{G3962} chasteneth{G3811}{(G5719)} not{G3756}? 8 But{G1161} if{G1487} ye be{G2075}{(G5748)} without{G5565} chastisement{G3809}, whereof{G3739} all{G3956} are{G1096}{(G5754)} partakers{G3353}, then{G686} are ye{G2075}{(G5748)} bastards{G3541}, and{G2532} not{G3756} sons{G5207}. 9 Furthermore{G1534}{G3303} we have had{G2192}{(G5707)} fathers{G3962} of our{G2257} flesh{G4561} which corrected{G3810} us, and{G2532} we gave them reverence{G1788}{(G5710)}: shall we{G5293} not{G3756} much{G4183} rather{G3123} be in subjection{G5293}{(G5691)} unto the Father{G3962} of spirits{G4151}, and{G2532} live{G2198}{(G5692)}? 10 For{G1063} they verily{G3303} for{G4314} a few{G3641} days{G2250} chastened{G3811}{(G5707)} us after{G2596} their own{G846} pleasure{G1380}{(G5723)}; but{G1161} he for{G1909} our profit{G4851}{(G5723)}, that{G1519} we might be partakers{G3335}{(G5629)} of his{G846} holiness{G41}. 11 Now{G1161} no{G3956}{G3756} chastening{G3809} for{G4314}{G3303} the present{G3918}{(G5752)} seemeth{G1380}{(G5719)} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} joyous{G5479}, but{G235} grievous{G3077}: nevertheless{G1161} afterward{G5305} it yieldeth{G591}{(G5719)} the peaceable{G1516} fruit{G2590} of righteousness{G1343} unto them which are exercised{G1128}{(G5772)} thereby{G1223}{G846}.