50 Bible Verses about Dads

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.

And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers.

Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.

And he will bring back [the] hearts of [the] fathers to [the] sons, and the hearts of [the] sons to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land [with] a ban."

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him {after} his father Zechariah.

The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

And [as for] you, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, and the two of them put [it] on [their] shoulders and, walking backward, they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces [were turned] backward, so that they did not see the nakedness of their father.

And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to [me].' So he divided [his] assets between them.

For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.

And because he loved your ancestors he chose their {descendants} after them. And he brought you forth from Egypt {with his own presence}, by his great strength,

And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me," says the all-powerful Lord.

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

In place of your fathers will be your sons. You will make them princes in all the land.

I have gone out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."

Look! {All lives are mine}. {The lives of father and son alike are mine}. The person sinning will die.

And he said, "O Yahweh, God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Now you rule in all the kingdoms of the nations, and in your hand [are] power and might, and there is none [who can] resist against you.

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

Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

Remember [the] old days, {the years long past}; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders and they will tell you.

"Indeed, please inquire of former generations, and consider {what their ancestors have found},

Behold, this third [time] I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden [to you]. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.

Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.

And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram [were] {one hundred and thirty-seven years}.

The person, the [one] sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!

and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since} the fathers fell asleep, all [things] have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Even if a man fathers a hundred [children] and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with {his prosperity} and {he does not receive a proper burial}, I deem the stillborn better than him.

Now David was the son of an Ephrathite. This [man was] from Bethlehem of Judah, and his name was Jesse. {He had} eight sons; in the days of Saul this man was old, [yet] he [still] walked among the men.

Therefore parents will eat children in the midst of you, and children will eat their parents, and I will execute judgment in you, and I will scatter your entire remnant to every wind.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father [either]; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.

Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the sin of their ancestors. Let them not rise and take possession of [the] earth or fill up [the] face of [the] world [with] cities."

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

[Those who] say to the tree, 'You [are] my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth [to] me.' For they have turned [their] {backs} to me, and not [their] faces. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us.'