Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
Treasury of Scripture
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Psalm 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding…
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Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Hebrews 12:5-11
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: …
