41 Bible Verses about fatherhood

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

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

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

To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'With what are you in labor?'"

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction."

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

"'I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.