42 Bible Verses about fatherhood

one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in all.

The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called [to be] saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Woe [to the] one who says to a father, 'What you are begetting?' or to a woman, '[With] what are you in labor?'"

and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.

As a father pities [his] children, [so] Yahweh pities those who fear him.

For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

And he will bring back [the] hearts of [the] fathers to [the] sons, and the hearts of [the] sons to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land [with] a ban."

to Timothy, [my] true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

"Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.

Then I thought, 'How I would set you among the children, and I would give you a land of desire, an inheritance of [the] glory of [the] hosts of nations.' And I thought, 'You would call me, "My father," and you would not turn back from {behind} me.'

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

And [as for] you, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Even if a man fathers a hundred [children] and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with {his prosperity} and {he does not receive a proper burial}, I deem the stillborn better than him.

He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

"[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.

And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we [are].

And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,

But he said to them, "It is not for you to know [the] times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.

And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"

And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form.

We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [when we] pray for you,

Look! {All lives are mine}. {The lives of father and son alike are mine}. The person sinning will die.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

Righteous Father, although the world does not know you, yet I have known you, and these [men] have come to know that you sent me.

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!

And Yahweh said to Abram, "Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face because he was afraid of looking at God.