33 Bible Verses about Fathers Responsibilities

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to 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 would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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

And these are the singers, heads of fathers houses 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 have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

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 beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not 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 Jehovah my God, thou hast 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.

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

And Jehovah said unto 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 refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath 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 mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

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

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.