48 Bible Verses about Being A Good Father

If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice and he who gives birth to a wise child will receive joy from him.

I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and daughters, said Jehovah God the Almighty. (Hosea 1:10)

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish?

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

Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed. Whoever does not practice righteousness is not from God. He who does not love his brother is not from God.

Be perfect (mature), even as your Father in heaven is perfect (mature). (Leviticus 19:2)

Do not fear little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change like shifting shadows.

Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he asks him for bread?

Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.

A man can have a hundred children and live many years. If he does not enjoy prosperity and have a decent burial, a stillborn child is better off then he.

A wise son makes a father glad. A foolish man despises his mother.

The Father and I are one (united in purpose).

Grandchildren are the crowns of old men. Fathers take pride in their children.

A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.

Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.

The Son has life in himself just as the Father has life in himself. For the Father gave him life.

In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers. Everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.

Call no man your father on the earth, for only one is your Father in heaven.

Jesus asked him: Why do you call me good? None is good except God.

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise.

Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

Jesus asked: Why do you call me good? None is good except one, God.

You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.

Do not be like your fathers! The former prophets declared: 'Jehovah of Hosts said, I implore you, return from your evil ways, and from your wicked activities! But they did not listen, they paid no attention to me,' said Jehovah.

Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother.

You will not speak on your own. Your Father's Spirit will speak through you.

Father, the son said: 'I have sinned against God and against you. I am not fit to be called your son.'

You will then act as true children of your Father in heaven. He gives sunlight to both evil and good people. He sends rain for the just and the unjust.

A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

Do not be like your ancestors and your relatives who were unfaithful to Jehovah the God of their ancestors. He made them something that shocks people, as you have seen.

I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

People will hand over their brothers to be put to death. Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents, causing them to be put to death.

For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he does not differ from a bondservant, though he is owner of the estate.