21 Bible Verses about Fathers And Sons

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

And he will go before Him
in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of fathers
to their children,
and the disobedient
to the understanding of the righteous,
to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

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

Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people;
fathers and sons together will stumble over them;
friends and neighbors will also perish.

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

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

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

As a result, fathers will eat their sons within Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.