fathers dont provoke

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

¹⁹For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.”

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

⁷And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.

⁴These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.

¹⁹Teach your sons to meditate on them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down or rise up.

¹⁵And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

⁹And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. ²Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³I give thanks to my God, with every remembrance of you, ⁴always, in all my prayers, making supplication for all of you with joy, ⁵because of your communion in the Gospel of Christ, from the first day even until now. ⁶I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

¹Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. ²And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness. ³But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints, ⁴nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks. ⁵For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ⁶Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.

¹⁸Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

¹⁷Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.