48 Bible Verses about Being A Good Father

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!"

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him.

I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters," declares the Lord Almighty.

Now I'm ready to visit you for a third time, and I will not bother you for help. I do not want your things, but rather you yourselves. Children should not have to support their parents, but parents their children.

Fathers, do not make your children resentful. Otherwise, they'll become discouraged.

What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

one God and Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in all.

See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Stop being afraid, little flock, because your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,

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

I and the Father are one."

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the pride of children is their parents.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up by training and instructing them about the Lord.

Just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

"Fathers must not be put to death on account of their children's sin; nor shall children die on account of their fathers' sin. Each person is to be put to death for his own sin.

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

"Honor your father and mother"" (This is a very important commandment with a promise.)

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

Don't be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed: "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "It's time to turn from your evil lifestyles and from your evil actions," "but they would neither listen nor pay attention to me,'" declares the LORD.'

""so that it may go well for you, and that you may have a long life on the earth."

"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Then his son told him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you. I don't deserve to be called your son anymore.'

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

"Listen, you descendants of Israel! Come back to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may come back to those of you who have escaped and survived from domination by the kings of Assyria. Don't be like your ancestors and your relatives, who weren't faithful to the LORD God of their ancestors, who, as a result, made them a desolate horror, as you well know.

I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.

"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.

because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.

Now what I am saying is this: As long as an heir is a child, he is no better off than a slave, even though he owns everything.