Colossians 3:21
Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
In Context
20Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
Ephesians 6:4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.
Hebrews 12:5And ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of 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 →