42 Bible Verses about fatherhood

one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

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

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

I was a father to the needy,
and I examined the case of the stranger.

For this reason I kneel before the Father

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

To Timothy, my true son in the faith.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.

I thought: How I long to make you My sons
and give you a desirable land,
the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.
I thought: You will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

“Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

“As for Me, My covenant is with you: you will become the father of many nations.

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world,
and I am coming to You.
Holy Father,
protect them by Your name
that You have given Me,
so that they may be one as We are one.

And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority.

I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have had victory over the evil one.

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

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

Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

Righteous Father!
The world has not known You.
However, I have known You,
and these have known that You sent Me.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

“Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

The Lord said to Abram:

Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.

Then He continued, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.