20 Bible Verses about Fathers
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When our earthly fathers disciplined us we treated them with respect; should we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so have life?
"You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."
And you must not call anyone on earth your father, for you have only one father, your heavenly Father.
From Thematic Bible
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"
Fathers » Duties of » The correction of children
Fathers » Duties of » To teach
Fathers » Duties of » To train
Fathers » Duties of » To nurture
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.
Fathers » Duties of » To control
managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?
The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.
Fathers » Duties of » To provide for
Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Isaac blesses his son
Fathers » Good Fathers » David gives Godly advice to his son, solomon
Fathers » Good Fathers » Abraham exerts a spiritual influence upon his family
Fathers » Good Fathers » Jacob commands his household to put away idols
Fathers » Good Fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Fathers » Good Fathers » Cornelius, the head of a religious household
He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Zacharias, the Godly father of john the baptist
And his father Zechariah was filled with the holy Spirit and he uttered a divine message, saying,
Fathers » Duties of » To love
Fathers » God
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » David
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » jacob
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Love » Fathers » David
Love » Fathers » jacob
Love » Fathers » Jairus
and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"
Love » Fathers » Laban
Love » Fathers » Father of the prodigal
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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Topics on Fathers
Absent Fathers
1 Timothy 5:8Whoever fails to provide for his own relatives, and particularly for members of his own family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Examples Of Fathers' Love
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers And Daughters
Luke 12:53Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
Fathers And Sons
Luke 1:17He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."
Fathers Birthday
Matthew 14:6But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter danced before the company. And Herod was delighted with her,
Fathers In Laws
John 18:13and they took him first to Annas. For he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Fathers Love
1 John 3:1Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.
Fathers Loving Care
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers Responsibilities
John 6:40For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day."
Fathers, Examples Of
Luke 1:5-20In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Fathers, Responsibilities Of
Matthew 7:9-11Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone?
God Of The Fathers
Acts 7:32'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses was terrified and did not dare to look at it.
Sins Of The Fathers
Luke 6:23Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For no matter how many guides you may have in the Christian life, you will not have many fathers; for in this matter of union with Christ, I became your father, through preaching the good news to you.
The Joy Of Fathers
Philippians 4:1So, my dear brothers whom I so long to see, my joy and pride, stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
