Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Updated King James 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 unto the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
Ephesians 6:4And, all of you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Hebrews 12:5And all of you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are 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 →