32 Bible Verses about Fathers

Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Only take heed to yourself and keep your soul carefully, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. But teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons.

And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

And you shall teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him early.

And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah our God has commanded you?

then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make Your truth known to the sons.

Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.

And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and households well.

Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you, for I do not seek your things, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now and kiss me, my son. And he came near and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah has blessed.

And the days of David drew near for him to die. And he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth. And you be strong and show yourself a man. And keep the charge of Jehovah your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn yourself, read more.
that Jehovah may continue His Word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul saying, there shall not be a man of yours cut off from the throne of Israel.

For I know him, that he will command his sons and his house after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment, that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken of him.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods among you, and be clean, and change your garments.

And Manoah prayed to Jehovah and said, O, my Lord, let the Man of God, whom You sent, come again to us and teach us what we shall do to the boy that shall be born.

one devout and fearing God, with all his household, both doing many merciful deeds to the people, and praying continually to God.

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I teach you, in order to do them, so that you may live and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers gives you.

And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the sons of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they shall say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them?

May Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has said to you!

And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you fail to go in to possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers has given you?

But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded. And he went out before the army that came to Samaria and said to them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hands, and you have killed them in a rage which reaches up to Heaven.

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom.

And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

And King David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.

And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.

And he begged Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come, lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and she shall live.

And why have you not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have done foolishly in so doing.

And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom.

And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

And King David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.

And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.

And he begged Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come, lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and she shall live.

And why have you not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have done foolishly in so doing.

And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.