Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Bible References

General references

Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
Proverbs 3:12
because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.
Proverbs 4:1
Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up by training and instructing them about the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.
Hebrews 12:5
You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.

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