Psalm 103:13 portrays a father's compassion toward his children, the positive opposite of provoking them.

Proverbs 3:12 shows that a father's reproof is an act of love, not provocation, guiding how fathers should discipline.

Proverbs 4:1-4 describes a father teaching and instructing his son, the ideal context that discouragement would undermine.

Ephesians 6:4 repeats the same command not to provoke children and adds the positive call to bring them up in the Lord's discipline.

Hebrews 12:5-11 teaches that God's fatherly discipline is for our good, showing that proper discipline does not provoke but builds up.

1 Thessalonians 2:11 uses the father-child metaphor for Paul's gentle exhortation, modeling the nurturing attitude fathers should have.