32 Bible Verses about Fathers
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A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Moreover 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?
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine; and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah.
And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
From Thematic Bible
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Only 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),
and 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.
And 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;
Fathers » Duties of » The correction of children
Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.
Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Fathers » Duties of » To teach
and 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.
When 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?
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Fathers » Duties of » To train
Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.
Fathers » Duties of » To nurture
And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
Fathers » Duties of » To control
conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
Fathers » Duties of » To provide for
Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Isaac blesses his son
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
Fathers » Good Fathers » David gives Godly advice to his son, solomon
And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying, I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man; and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself; read more.
that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Abraham exerts a spiritual influence upon his family
For 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.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Jacob commands his household to put away idols
And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
Fathers » Good Fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Then Mano'ah entreated the LORD, and said, "O, LORD, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we are to do with the boy that will be born."
Fathers » Good Fathers » Cornelius, the head of a religious household
pious, and fearing God with all his house, both giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
Fathers » Good Fathers » Zacharias, the Godly father of john the baptist
And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
Fathers » Duties of » To love
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
Fathers » God
And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.
And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath said unto you!
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers hath given you?
But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he gave them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » David
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
And king David longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » jacob
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief.
and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
Love » Fathers » David
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
And king David longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Love » Fathers » jacob
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.
Love » Fathers » Jairus
And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief.
and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.
Love » Fathers » Laban
and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
Love » Fathers » Father of the prodigal
And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
Parents » Fathers
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Topics on Fathers
Absent Fathers
Psalm 27:10For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.
Examples Of Fathers' Love
Psalm 103:13As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
Fathers And Daughters
Luke 12:53father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Fathers And Sons
Proverbs 17:6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Fathers Birthday
Matthew 14:6But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
Fathers In Laws
Exodus 3:1And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God to Horeb.
Fathers Love
1 John 3:1See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Fathers Loving Care
Ephesians 6:4And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Fathers Responsibilities
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Fathers Teaching
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Fathers, Examples Of
Genesis 18:19For 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.
Fathers, Responsibilities Of
Psalm 103:13As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
Fathers, Sin Of The
Exodus 34:6-7And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
God Of The Fathers
Acts 7:32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.
Sins Of The Fathers
Isaiah 43:27Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.
The Joy Of Fathers
Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him: