20 Bible Verses about Fathers
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So, then, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?
Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
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Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
When, therefore, they had taken breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, Do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my lambs.
Fathers » Duties of » The correction of children
Fathers » Duties of » To teach
Fathers » Duties of » To train
Fathers » Duties of » To nurture
And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be disheartened.
Fathers » Duties of » To control
one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Fathers » Duties of » To provide for
Behold, I am ready the third time to come to you, and I will not burden you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Isaac blesses his son
Fathers » Good Fathers » David gives Godly advice to his son, solomon
Fathers » Good Fathers » Abraham exerts a spiritual influence upon his family
Fathers » Good Fathers » Jacob commands his household to put away idols
Fathers » Good Fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Fathers » Good Fathers » Cornelius, the head of a religious household
a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.
Fathers » Good Fathers » Zacharias, the Godly father of john the baptist
And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
Fathers » Duties of » To love
That they may teach the young women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Fathers » God
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » David
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » jacob
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and with tears said: Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And he arose, and came to his father. And while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell upon his neck, and kissed him.
Love » Fathers » David
Love » Fathers » jacob
Love » Fathers » Jairus
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and with tears said: Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.
Love » Fathers » Laban
Love » Fathers » Father of the prodigal
And he arose, and came to his father. And while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell upon his neck, and kissed him.
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Absent Fathers
1 Timothy 5:8And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house hold, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Examples Of Fathers' Love
Ephesians 6:4And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
Fathers And Daughters
Luke 12:53The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.
Fathers And Sons
Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.
Fathers Birthday
Matthew 14:6But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
Fathers In Laws
John 18:13and led him first to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year.
Fathers Love
1 John 3:1Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Fathers Loving Care
Ephesians 6:4And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
Fathers Responsibilities
John 6:40For this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Fathers, Examples Of
Luke 1:5-20There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Eliza beth.
Fathers, Responsibilities Of
Matthew 7:9-11What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Fathers, Sin Of The
Luke 1:50and his mercy is from generation to generation upon those who fear him.
God Of The Fathers
Acts 7:32I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abra ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe it.
Sins Of The Fathers
Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for behold, your reward is great in heaven: for so did their fathers to the prophets.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
The Joy Of Fathers
Philippians 4:1So, then, my brethren, beloved and ardently desired, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
