32 Bible Verses about Fathers

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,” He told him.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.

ק QofArise, cry out in the night
from the first watch of the night.
Pour out your heart like water
before the Lord’s presence.
Lift up your hands to Him
for the lives of your children
who are fainting from hunger
on the corner of every street.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come closer and kiss me, my son." So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.

As the time approached for David to die, he instructed his son Solomon, "As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and brave, and keep your obligation to the Lord your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do and wherever you turn, read more.
and so that the Lord will carry out His promise that He made to me: 'If your sons are careful to walk faithfully before Me with their whole mind and heart, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them: The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what should I tell them?”

May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as He promised you.

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the Lord God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of His wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.

The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” All the people heard the king’s orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

Then King David longed to go to Absalom, for David had finished grieving over Amnon’s death.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” All the people heard the king’s orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

Then King David longed to go to Absalom, for David had finished grieving over Amnon’s death.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.