32 Bible Verses about Fathers

When they had eaten Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said: Yes Lord; you know I have affection for you. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs.

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

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.

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.

Teach them to your children! Talk about them in your home and away. Speak of them when you lie down or get up.

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

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

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

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

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.

In the future your son will ask you: 'What is the meaning of these laws and regulations that Jehovah our God has commanded you?'

His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

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

The living, yes the living praise you, as I am doing today! Fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.

Rise up! Cry out in the night at the beginning of the night watches. Let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down starving in every street.

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

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

one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness;

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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.

Then his father Isaac said to him: Come close, my son, and kiss me. He came close and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his garments. Then he blessed him and said: See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field Jehovah has blessed.

David was about to die. He called his son Solomon and gave him his last instructions: It is my time to die. I go the way of all people of the earth. Be strong and be a man. Do what Jehovah your God orders you to do. Obey all his laws and commands, as written in the Law of Moses. That way wherever you go you may prosper in everything you do. read more.
If you obey Jehovah he will keep the promise he made when he told me, 'Your descendants will rule Israel as long as they are careful to obey my commands faithfully with all their heart and being.'

I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.

Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.

Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah: Please, Jehovah, let the man of God that you sent come back to teach us what we must do with the boy when he is born.

He was a devout man who respected God with his entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people and prayed to God always.

His father Zechariah was filled with Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

They may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them you will live! Go in and take the land that Jehovah the God of your fathers is giving you.

Then Moses said to God: Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel. I will say to them: 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may ask me: 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?'

Jehovah the God of your fathers will make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he promised you!

Joshua said to the children of Israel: How long will you neglect to go to possess the land, which Jehovah the God of your fathers has given you?

A prophet of Jehovah named Oded was there. He went to meet the army coming home to Samaria. He said: Jehovah the God of your ancestors handed Judah over to you in his anger. You killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

The king ordered Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake. All the troops heard him give the commanders this order regarding Absalom.

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and lay on the ground all night.

King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!

Jacob said to Joseph: Now I am ready to die. Now that I have seen you and know that you are still alive.

Both father and child immediately shouted: I have faith make my faith stronger.

He pleaded with him saying: My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her that she will be healed and live.

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing you did.

He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him.

The king ordered Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake. All the troops heard him give the commanders this order regarding Absalom.

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and lay on the ground all night.

King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!

Jacob said to Joseph: Now I am ready to die. Now that I have seen you and know that you are still alive.

Both father and child immediately shouted: I have faith make my faith stronger.

He pleaded with him saying: My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her that she will be healed and live.

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing you did.

He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him.

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