Bible Verses about 'Fathers'

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• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4lawfamilychildren
• Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
  but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
  Proverbs 19:14moneyrelationships
• May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us.
  1 Kings 8:57nearnessreliabilityfamily
• The father of godly children has cause for joy.
  What a pleasure to have children who are wise.
  Proverbs 23:24joywisdomfamily
• Hear my prayer, O Lord!
  Listen to my cries for help!
  Don’t ignore my tears.
  For I am your guest—
  a traveler passing through,
  as my ancestors were before me.
  Psalm 39:12prayersadnesshumility
• I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
  for you have given me wisdom and strength.
  You have told me what we asked of you
  and revealed to us what the king demanded.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
  parents are the pride of their children.
  Proverbs 17:6childrenfamily
• Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.
  Joshua 24:15familyidolsfollowing
• For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders. The law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts the wholesome teaching that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality
• But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice; only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans
• For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife