Bible Cross References
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Psalm 103:13
As a father is kind to his children, so the LORD is kind to those who honor him.
Proverbs 3:12
The LORD corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Pay attention, and you will have understanding.
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What I am teaching you is good, so remember it all.
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When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son,
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my father would teach me. He would say, "Remember what I say and never forget it. Do as I tell you, and you will live.
Ephesians 6:4
Parents, do not treat your children in such a way as to make them angry. Instead, raise them with Christian discipline and instruction.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat their own children.
Hebrews 12:5-11
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Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
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Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
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Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?
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If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.
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In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!
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Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.
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When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.