Bible Verses About Father-Son Relationship

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.