Ephesians 6:4

In 9 translations

BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

KJV

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

WEB

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

ASV

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

LSV

And the fathers: do not provoke your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the LORD.

YLT

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

DBY

And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.

DRC

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

GNV

And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου.

RP2018

Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ Κυρίου.

SCR1894

και οι πατερες μη παροργιζετε τα τεκνα υμων αλλ εκτρεφετε αυτα εν παιδεια και νουθεσια κυριου

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• Colossians 3:21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
• Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
• Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
• Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
• 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Proverbs 23:13–14Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
• Proverbs 4:1–4Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, he…
• Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and…
• Deuteronomy 11:19–21Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, so that as…
• Hebrews 12:7–10Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.…
• 2 Timothy 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
• Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Psalms 78:4–7We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in…

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