42 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 has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

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

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

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

to all who are in Rome, loved by God, 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 have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'"

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

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

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

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

For this cause, I bow my knees before the Father,

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

to Timothy, my true child in 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?

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

"But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations.' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will 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 filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."

"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will 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.

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

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

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

He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be doing the works of my Father?"

The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he 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.

Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it weren't so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

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

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