35 Bible Verses about Being A Good Father

if ye then, wicked as ye are, know how to give what is proper to your children: how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to them that ask him?

if ye then, as wicked as ye are, know how to bestow proper gifts upon your children; how much more shall your heavenly father give good things to them that ask him?

I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

This is the third time I purposed to come to you; but I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you: since it is not expected children should lay up for their parents, but parents for their children: on the contrary,

fathers, don't treat your children with severity, lest they be discourag'd.

what father among you would give his son a stone, when he asketh for bread? or if for a fish, instead of a fish would he give him a serpent?

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

Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.

In this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: he that does not practise virtue, and fraternal benevolence, is not of God.

be ye therefore perfect, even as your father who is in heaven is perfect.

fear not, ye little flock, for it is your father's good pleasure to grant you the kingdom.

every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:

is there any of you that would offer his son a stone when he ask'd for bread?

Take care not to perform any religious act in order to be observed by men: otherwise you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven.

I and my father are one.

even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.

Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.

and you fathers don't exasperate your children: but instruct them in the discipline and institution of the Lord.

for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself;

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

children, obey your parents upon all occasions, for that is graceful in a christian.

don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven.

Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? there is but one, who is good, that is God.

the first commandment with a promise annexed, is, "honour thy father and mother,

when our natural parents corrected us, we gave them reverence: is it not much more reasonable to be in subjection to the father of spirits, in order to have life?

Jesus replied, why do you call me good? there is but one who is good, that is God.

and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be long-lived on the earth."

for it is not properly you that speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh by you.

then the son said to him, father, I have sinned against heaven, and against you, I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

that ye may be the children of your father who is in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

I will depart, and go to my father, and say to him, father, I have sinned against heaven, and against thee;

he that loveth father or mother more than me, is unworthy of me: he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is unworthy of me.

then the brother shall betray his brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against their parents, and be the instruments of their death.

Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is in a state of servitude, tho' he is to be lord of all;