42 Bible Verses about fatherhood

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in you all,

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

Woe to him who is saying to a father, 'What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, 'What dost thou bring forth?

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising us, and we were reverencing them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

to Timotheus -- genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,

Your fathers -- where are they? And the prophets -- to the age do they live?

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

He proclaimeth me: 'Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Philip saith to him, 'Sir, shew to us the Father, and it is enough for us;'

I -- lo, My covenant is with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten.

and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

and he said unto them, 'It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

And he said unto them, 'Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

'And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine, The soul that is sinning -- it doth die.

Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

'Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

They answered and said to him, 'Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, 'If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

He saith also, 'I am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.