Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents

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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20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

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20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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21 Fathers,[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:21 Or Parents

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

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24 Whoever spares the rod(A) hates their children,
    but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline(B) them.(C)

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24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(A)

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

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Saying 13

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

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13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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14 Punish them with the rod
    and save them from death.(A)

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14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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

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These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(A)

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And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(A)

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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.

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