Colossians 3:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.”
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BSBPD
“Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Colossians 3:21 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
- Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
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