Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
In Context
20Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.
Ephesians 6:4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 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. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →