Colossians 3:21
You fathers, don't make your children mad, so they won't feel like giving up.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
In Context
20You children, always do what your parents tell you because this is what pleases the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12for the Lord corrects those he loves, as a father corrects a son who pleases him.
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, don't make your children mad, but look after them by disciplining them and instructing them about God.
Hebrews 12:5Have you forgotten God's appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don't treat the Lord's discipline lightly, and don't give up when he corrects you either.
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 →