Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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- Proverbs 4:1–4Rank 1 from verse 21
1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
1¶ Heare, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know vnderstanding.
2For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law.
3*For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.
4*He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
- Ephesians 6:4Rank 2 from verse 21
- Psalms 103:13Rank 3 from verse 21
- Proverbs 3:12Rank 4 from verse 21
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11Rank 5 from verse 21
- Hebrews 12:5–11Rank 6 from verse 21
5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
5And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
6For whome the Lord loueth hee chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth.
7If yee endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sonnes: for what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.
9Furthermore, wee haue had fathers of our flesh, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: shall we not much rather bee in subiection vnto the Father of Spirits, and liue?
10For they verily for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure, but hee for our profit, that we might bee partakers of his holinesse.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuerthelesse, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are exercised thereby.
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Colossians 3:21
To stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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discouraged
Disheartened; deprived of courage or confidence; depressed in spirits; dejected; checked.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing vnto the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
21Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Selected passage22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
22Seruants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearing God: