Ephesians 6:4

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I chose him, and he will instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He promised him.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and take action. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, to do all these things and to build the palace for which I have made preparation.”

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will 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 disgraces his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

Isaiah 38:19

It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do this day; a father explains to his sons about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:3

“so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life, but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.

Deuteronomy 6:7

You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Colossians 3:21

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

2 Timothy 1:5

remembering the genuine faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and that I am persuaded lives in you also.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that since childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites’ land where you are now living. Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Judges 13:12

Then Manoah said, “Now may your words come true! What will be the boy’s way of life and his work?”