20 Bible Verses about Fathers
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Furthermore, we were chastened by the fathers of our flesh, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
"Honor thy father and mother;" which is the first commandment with a promise;
And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven.
From Thematic Bible
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith 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, ye fathers, stir not up the anger of your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers » Duties of » To control
presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all propriety;
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 to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up 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, giving much alms to the people, and praying 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 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
The father of the child immediately cried out and said, I believe; help thou my unbelief.
and besought him much, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death; I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and live.
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
Fathers » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Love » Fathers » David
Love » Fathers » jacob
Love » Fathers » Jairus
The father of the child immediately cried out and said, I believe; help thou my unbelief.
and besought him much, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death; I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and live.
Love » Fathers » Laban
Love » Fathers » Father of the prodigal
And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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Topics on Fathers
Absent Fathers
1 Timothy 5:8But if any one provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Examples Of Fathers' Love
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, stir not up the anger of your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers And Daughters
Luke 12:53They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; the motherinlaw against her daughterinlaw, and the daughterinlaw against her motherinlaw.
Fathers And Sons
Luke 1:17And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.
Fathers Birthday
Matthew 14:6But when Herods birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
Fathers In Laws
John 18:13and carried him to Annas first; for he was fatherinlaw of Caiaphas, who was highpriest that year.
Fathers Love
1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God l For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Fathers Loving Care
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, stir not up the anger of your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers Responsibilities
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.
Fathers, Examples Of
Luke 1:5-20There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zachariah, of the course of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Fathers, Responsibilities Of
Matthew 7:9-11Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone?
God Of The Fathers
Acts 7:32saying, "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob." And Moses trembled and durst not behold.
Sins Of The Fathers
Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for lo! your reward is great in heaven; for thus their fathers did to the prophets.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
The Joy Of Fathers
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
