33 Bible Verses about Fathers Responsibilities

For this is the will of my Father. Every one who sees the Son and puts active faith in him will have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

He replied: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set within His own authority.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.

On the eighth day they circumcised the child. They planned to call him Zechariah, after the name of the father.

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

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

Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and let your daughters get married so they can have sons and daughters. Grow in number there and do not decrease.

Now suppose this son has a son. The son sees all the sins that his father does. He is afraid, so he does not do such things.

They will hang all the glory of his father's house on him, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

O Jehovah God, you allowed me to succeed my father as king, even though I am very young and do not know how to rule.

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!

For everyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will receive many times as much, and have everlasting life.

Yet you say: Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity? When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all my statutes and done them, he shall surely live.

I do not do my own will. I came down from heaven to do the will of him that sent me.

A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father. Both he and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

Jesus said: My food is to do the will of him that sent me. To finish his work!

Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.

I would have you know, that the head (authority) of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Jehovah said to Aaron: You, your sons, and your family will be responsible for any sins against the holy place. You and your sons will also be responsible for any sins you commit when you work as priests.

If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount of money equal to the bride price for virgins.

When that time comes people will no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children's teeth are set on edge.'

Jehovah gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death. You are responsible for your own death.

And he had been a father to Hadassah who is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother. When her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter. She was very beautiful.

What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: 'The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children's teeth are set on edge?'

Grandchildren are the crowns of old men. Fathers take pride in their children.

One of his disciples said: Lord, first allow me to go bury my father.

Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.