Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Colossians 3:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] American Standard Version (1901) Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. Common English Bible Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. Catholic Public Domain Version Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged. |
Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For whom the LORD loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying,