Bible Verses for Fathers

“For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.””

“even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.”

““Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

““Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

“These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;”

“and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

“You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.”

“Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspringor, seed after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.”

“You shall teach them to your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”

“I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;”

“It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspringor, seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.”

“I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;”

“For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in Yahweh our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.”

“Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.”

“A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”

“My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:”

“My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:”

“for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.”

“Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;”

“My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.”

“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”

“A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.”

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

“The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.”

“Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?”

“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.””

“that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.”

“For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9”

“‘Honor your father and your mother.’Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Leviticus 19:18”

“Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.”

“For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9”

“He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ 1:17 Malachi 4:6 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.””

““Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?”

“You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.””

“For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.”

“I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8”

“And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba,Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way. Father!””

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

“You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”

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

“Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;”

“that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:”

“Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.”

“For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father?”Psalm 2:7 and again, “I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?”2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13”

“It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?”

“Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?”

“I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.”

“I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”