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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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Gen. 31:14‑15• ¹⁴And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
¹⁵Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money. (Gen. 31:14‑15)

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1 Sam. 20:30‑34• ³⁰And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
³¹For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.
³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?
³³Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.
³⁴And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. (1 Sam. 20:30‑34)

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Col. 3:21• ²¹Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened. (Col. 3:21)

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Gen. 18:19• ¹⁹For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)

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Ex. 12:26‑27• ²⁶And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?
²⁷that ye shall say, It is a sacrifice of passover to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshipped. (Ex. 12:26‑27)

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Ex. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say to him, With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
¹⁵And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb--being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom. (Ex. 13:14‑15)

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Deut. 4:9• ⁹Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons), (Deut. 4:9)

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Deut. 6:7,20‑24• ⁷and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
²⁰When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
²¹then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a powerful hand;
²²and Jehovah shewed signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes;
²³and he brought us out thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers.
²⁴And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good continually, that he might preserve us alive, as it is this day. (Deut. 6:7,20‑24)

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Deut. 11:19‑21• ¹⁹And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;
²⁰and write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
²¹that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens which are above the earth. (Deut. 11:19‑21)

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Josh. 4:6‑7• ⁶that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
⁷then ye shall say to them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it went through the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. (Josh. 4:6‑7)

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Josh. 4:21‑24• ²¹And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?
²²then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
²³because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
²⁴that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually. (Josh. 4:21‑24)

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Josh. 24:15• ¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. (Josh. 24:15)

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1 Chron. 22:10‑13• ¹⁰He shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
¹¹Now, my son, Jehovah be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of Jehovah thy God, as he has said of thee.
¹²Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
¹³Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to perform the statutes and ordinances which Jehovah commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and courageous; fear not, neither be dismayed. (1 Chron. 22:10‑13)

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1 Chron. 28:9‑10,20• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
¹⁰Consider now, that Jehovah has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
²⁰And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it; fear not nor be dismayed: for Jehovah Elohim, my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, neither forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished. (1 Chron. 28:9‑10,20)

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1 Chron. 29:19• ¹⁹And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision. (1 Chron. 29:19)

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Psa. 71:17• ¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works: (Psa. 71:17)

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Psa. 71:18• ¹⁸Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:18)

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Psa. 78:4‑7• ⁴We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
⁶That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children,
⁷And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of *God, but observe his commandments; (Psa. 78:4‑7)

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Prov. 4:1‑4• ¹Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
²for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
³For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
⁴And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live. (Prov. 4:1‑4)

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Prov. 19:18• ¹⁸Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him. (Prov. 19:18)

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Prov. 22:6,15• ⁶Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
¹⁵Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Prov. 22:6,15)

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Prov. 23:13‑14• ¹³Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
¹⁴thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. (Prov. 23:13‑14)

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Prov. 29:15,17• ¹⁵The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
¹⁷Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul. (Prov. 29:15,17)

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Isa. 38:19• ¹⁹The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:19)

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2 Tim. 1:5• ⁵calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Tim. 1:5)

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2 Tim. 3:15• ¹⁵and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 3:15)

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Heb. 12:7‑10• ⁷Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
⁸But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
⁹Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
¹⁰For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness. (Heb. 12:7‑10)

• To the fathers is the admonition (more needed by such than the mothers, perhaps, though in principle no doubt intended for both.) (“Remarks on Ephesians 6:1-9” by W. Kelly)

• What tender consideration, after the pressure of obedience, lest a too stringent and capricious use of the parental authority might exasperate! (“Remarks on Ephesians 6:1-9” by W. Kelly)

• The exhortation to fathers is also remarkable—that they should not provoke their children; that their hearts should be turned towards them; that they should not repel them, nor destroy that influence which is the strongest guard against the evil of the world. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And, fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in [the] Lord’s discipline and admonition.