Colossians 3:21 · KJV
“Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.”
— Colossians 3:21
Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Colossians 3 — Context
Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.
20Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.
22Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23And whatsoever ye do, do {it} heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1-4
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Psalms 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.
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: