Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
Darby Translation
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 in [the] Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Ephesians 6:4And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.
Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved 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 →