48 Bible Verses about Being A Good Father

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

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

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

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

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

The Father and I are one."

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

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

Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

"Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn now from your evil wickedness,"' but they would by no means obey me," says the Lord.

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Then his son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Don't be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.

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

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.