Ephesians 6:4 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Fathers, do not irritate and provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to resentment], but rear them [tenderly] in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Common English Bible

⁴ As for parents, don’t provoke your children to anger, but raise them with discipline and instruction about the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 Cross References

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

1 Chronicles 28:20

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 29:19

and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son while there is hope, And let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Ephesians 6:3

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deuteronomy 6:7

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Colossians 3:21

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

2 Timothy 1:5

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Judges 13:12

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?