Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Psalm 103:13
Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
Proverbs 3:12
For those whom the Lord loves He corrects,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 4:1-4
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
For you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you just as a father does [in dealing with] his own children, [guiding you]
Hebrews 12:5-11
and you have
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;
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Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
For those whom the Lord loves He corrects,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;