25 Bible Verses about fatherhood

one God and Father of all, who is over us all, who pervades us all, who is within us all.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name and nature,

you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father;

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

to all in Rome who are beloved by God, called to be saints, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,

Why, we had fathers of our flesh to discipline us, and we yielded to them! Shall we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so live?

For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father

to Timotheus his lawful son in the faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.

"Lord," said Philip, "let us see the Father; that is all we want."

who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.

I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

And as you call upon a Father who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, be reverent in your conduct while you sojourn here below;

But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

fathers, I am writing to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I am writing to you, because you have conquered the evil One. Children, I have written to you, because you know the Father:

"Why did you look for me?" he said, "Did you not know I had to be at my Father's house?"

The Father who sent me has also borne testimony to me himself; but his voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

We always thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you,

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." "If you are Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then do as Abraham did;