Colossians 3:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Colossians 3:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Colossians 3:21 is a verse from the book of Colossians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Colossians 3:21 — KJV
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
— Colossians 3:21 (KJV)
Colossians 3:21 in Context — About the Book of Colossians
Colossians answers every spiritual add-on with one word: Christ. He is the image of the invisible God, creator and sustainer of all things, in whom all fullness dwells — and you have been given fullness in Him. Set your mind above; let His peace rule; do everything in His name.
Cross-References for Colossians 3:21
“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. queen...: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven”
Shares key themes with Colossians 3:21: fathers, provoke, children
“When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:”
Shares key themes with Colossians 3:21: provoke, children, anger
“And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 3:21: fathers, provoke, anger
“Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.”
Shares key themes with Colossians 3:21: fathers, provoke, anger
“And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. to burn: or, to offer”
Shares key themes with Colossians 3:21: fathers, provoke, anger
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