Bible Verses About Fathers

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

1 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

1 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.