71 Bible Verses about Fathers, Responsibilities Of

Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children.

You saw how Jehovah your God carried you like a father carries his son all the way until you reached this place.'

Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast. They invited many others to come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he asks him for bread? Who will give him a serpent when he asks for a fish? Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish? If he asked for an egg would he give a scorpion? If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.

He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.

Learn this lesson by heart: Jehovah your God disciplined you like parents discipline their children.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen or obey his father or his mother when they chastise him, His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.read more.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear.

My son, do not despise Jehovah's discipline or be weary of his correction. For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who accepts discipline is prudent.

Correct your son while there is hope. Do not contribute to his death.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. The rod of discipline (instruction) will drive it far from him.

Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness;read more.
if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God?

God deals with you like children. Endure discipline (instruction) (training). Who is the child whom a father does not discipline? If you are without discipline, you are illegitimate children, and not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?read more.
They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.

I will open my mouth in an illustration. I will utter dark sayings of old, That we have heard and known and our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength and his wondrous works that he has done.read more.
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. This he commanded our fathers that they should teach them to their children, That the generation to come might know, the children to be born, that they may arise and tell to their children, That they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments. They should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Be on your guard! Make sure you do not forget, as long as you live, what you have seen with your own eyes. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

These words that I command you this day must be in your heart. Carefully teach them to your sons. Talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way. Speak about them when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Take these words of mine to heart and keep them in mind. Write them down, tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands to remind you. Teach them to your children! Talk about them in your home and away. Speak of them when you lie down or get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.read more.
You and your descendants will live a long time in the land that Jehovah promised your ancestors. Your families will live there as long as the sky is above the earth.

Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to respect Jehovah your God, as long as you live on the land you will possess when you cross the Jordan River.

A wise son heeds his father's instruction (discipline). A scoffer does not listen to discipline (reproof).

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God commands you and your days will be prolonged and things will go well with you, in the land Jehovah gives you.

Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!

God said, 'Honor your father and mother.' 'He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.'

Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother. He also said: 'He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.'

Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.

Jesus answered him: Why are you questioning me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you desire life, obey the Law. The man replied: Which law? And Jesus said: Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness, Honor your father and your mother, and Love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus asked him: Why do you call me good? None is good except God. You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.

Jesus asked: Why do you call me good? None is good except one, God. You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, and do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise. Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

My son, obey your father's command, and do not abandon the law of your mother:

Listen to me, my children: for blessed are those who practice my ways.

He went with them to Nazareth. He remained subject to them. His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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

Listen to your father who gave you life. Do not despise your mother when she is old.

My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother.

Listen my sons to what your father teaches you. Pay attention and gain understanding.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice and he who gives birth to a wise child will receive joy from him.

Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. They are a blessing from him. The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table. This is how Jehovah will bless the person who fears him.

A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.

He who obeys the law is a wise son. But he who is a companion of worthless men shames his father.

He who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice. But he who keeps company with fornicators wastes his wealth.

He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.

Jacob said to Laban: Give me my wife for the time is completed. I want to marry Rachel now! Laban gathered all the men of the place and gave a feast. In the evening when it was dark, he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him. Jacob slept with her.

I always absorbed the loss when wild animals killed a sheep. I did not take it to you to show that it was not my fault. You demanded that I make good anything that was stolen during the day or during the night. Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep. I have been in your house twenty years! I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters. I kept your flock for six years. You changed my wages ten times.read more.
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, out of respect for Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed by now. God has seen my misery and hard work. Last night he made it right!

One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Jethro saw everything that Moses had to do. He asked: What is all this that you are doing for the people? Why are you doing this all alone? There are people standing here from morning till night to consult you? Moses answered: They come here to find out what God wants them to do. They bring their complaints to me. I make decisions on the basis of God's laws.read more.
Jethro replied: That is not a good way to do it. You and your people will wear yourselves out. This is too much work for you. You cannot do it alone! Listen to the advice I give you. May God be with you! You must be the people's representative to God and bring their disagreements to him. You must instruct them in the laws and the teachings. Show them how to live and tell them what to do. You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. They must be the ones who usually settle disagreements among the people. They should bring all-important cases to you. But they should settle all minor cases themselves. Make it easier for yourself by letting them help you. If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out. All these people can go home with their disputes settled. Moses took Jethro's advice and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves. Moses said good-bye to Jethro, and Jethro went back home.

The man went after her to persuade her to return. He took his servant and two donkeys with him. The woman invited the Levite into the house, and when her father saw him, he gave him a friendly greeting. The young woman's father insisted that he stay. So he stayed for three days. The couple had their meals and spent the nights there. The morning of the fourth day they woke up early and prepared to go. But the woman's father said to the Levite: Eat first. You will feel better. You can go later.read more.
The two men sat down and ate and drank together. Then the woman's father told him: Spend the night and enjoy yourself. The Levite got up to go. However the father encouraged him to stay, so he spent another night there. The morning of the fifth day he started to leave. The woman's father said: Eat something and wait until later in the day. The two men ate together. When the man, his concubine, and the servant once more started to leave, the father said: It is almost evening. Please spend the night. It will be dark soon. Stay and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early for the trip and go home.

Eli's daughter-in-law the wife of Phinehas was pregnant. It was almost time for her baby to be born. When she heard that God's Ark of the Covenant was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she suddenly went into labor and gave birth. She too was dying. The women helping her said: Do not be afraid. You have given birth to a son. But she did not answer or pay attention. She called the boy Ichabod (No Glory), saying: Israel's glory is gone, because the Ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and her husband died.

They led him to Annas first for he was father in law to Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

Honor your father and your mother, and Love your neighbor as yourself.

You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.

You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, and do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise. Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

He who strikes (beats) his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

God said, 'Honor your father and mother.' 'He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.' You teach that a man should tell his father or mother that what he has that could help them, is given to God. You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition!

Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother. He also said: 'He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.' But you say: 'If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God, he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.'read more.
You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.

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

My coming will cause a separation. A man will be against his father and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies will be from his own family.

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

You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.