50 Bible Verses about Dads

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

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

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.

He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment."

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

What we have heard and learned -- that which 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."

But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, "There is no transgression," is a companion to the one who destroys.

Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father's nakedness.

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power

Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

He prayed: "O Lord God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

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

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.)

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father's iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son's iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years.

Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to 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 person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities."

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother 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 even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'