39 Bible Verses about grandfathers

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

Remember the days of old;
consider the years long past.
Ask your father, and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will teach you.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

Then the Lord said to him, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:

The fathers eat sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed,
and she bore him Aaron and Moses.
Amram lived 137 years.

Then he blessed Joseph and said:

The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

However, I will not do it during your lifetime because of your father David; I will tear it out of your son’s hand.

“Look, I have appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on.

The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king?”

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness because of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.

Solomon’s proverbs:

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

for he was still within his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Then Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah?

But they replied, “We do not drink wine, for Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, commanded: ‘You and your sons must never drink wine.

Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

“In those days, it will never again be said:

The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist,
but we bear their punishment.

Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.

“This is what the Lord says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them publicly.

Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day; he saw it and rejoiced.”

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from Saul’s family I can show kindness to because of Jonathan?”

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

They storm the city;
they run on the wall;
they climb into the houses;
they enter through the windows like thieves.

But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem.