Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
General references
Bible References
General references
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].
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.
For those whom the Lord loves He corrects,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
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.
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
and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord,
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;