35 Bible Verses about Being A Good Father

If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him!"

If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those that ask him!

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters," says the Lord, the Ruler of all.'

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened.

What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,

There is but one God and Father of all--the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.

You, then, must become perfect--as your heavenly Father is perfect.

So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.

Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the Lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.

Who among you, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone,

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

The Father and I are one."

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

Children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.

And fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up with Christian discipline and instruction.

For, just as the Father has inherent Life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent Life within him;

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;

Children, always obey your parents; for that is pleasant to see in those who belong to the Lord.

And do not call any one Father, the heavenly Father.

"Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God.

'Honor thy father and mother'--this is the first Commandment with a promise--'

Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Shall we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live?

"Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God.

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

So that thou mayest prosper and have a long life on earth.'

For it will not be you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks within you.

'Father,' the son said, 'I sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.'

That you may become Sons of your Father who is in Heaven; for he causes his sun to rise upon bad and good alike, and sends rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him "Father, I sinned against Heaven and against you;

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

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

My point is this--As long as the heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a slave, though he is master of the whole estate.