33 Bible Verses about Fathers Responsibilities

And this is the will of him who sent me, that every man who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

And he said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father established in his own authority.

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

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

And these are the singers, heads of fathers of the Levites, [who dwelt] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service], for they were employed in their work day and night.

I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters. And take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters, and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

Now, lo, if he begets a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not do such like,

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons.

For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

And now, O LORD my God, thou have made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

Yet say ye, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.

And the man who lays with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death, their blood shall be upon them.

Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

And LORD said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.

For he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful. And when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

What do ye mean, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge?

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.