Bible Verses About Fatherhood

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

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.

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

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

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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.

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

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

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

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

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

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

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

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?

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

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

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

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

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

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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

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

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.