Colossians 3:21

21Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

21Fathers, do not antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

21Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].

21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

21Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.

21Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

21Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.

21Fathers, do not cause your children to be upset. If you do, they might think that they never do anything that is good.

21the fathers: do not distress your children, lest they be discouraged;