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Bible Verses about “dads and sons

Found 49 verses (ordered by relevance) about “dads and sons” in the KJV version of the Bible

Ephesians 6:4
1043 votes

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6
1017 votes

¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Exodus 20:12
517 votes

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

Colossians 3:21
347 votes

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

Proverbs 17:6
215 votes

¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

Hebrews 12:11
179 votes

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Luke 15:22
168 votes

‹But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put› [it] ‹on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on› [his] ‹feet:›

Luke 15:24
149 votes

‹For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.›

Luke 15:25
147 votes

‹Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.›

Joshua 24:15
141 votes

¶ And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Luke 15:20
141 votes

‹And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.›

Luke 15:21
139 votes

‹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.›

Luke 15:23
139 votes

‹And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill› [it]; ‹and let us eat, and be merry:›

Luke 15:17
136 votes

‹And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!›

Luke 15:18
125 votes

‹I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,›

Luke 15:19
125 votes

‹And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.›

Hebrews 12:8
119 votes

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Luke 15:16
117 votes

‹And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.›

Luke 15:13
115 votes

‹And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.›

Luke 15:32
112 votes

‹It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.›

Luke 15:15
111 votes

‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.›

Luke 15:11
110 votes

¶ And he said, ‹A certain man had two sons:›

Luke 15:12
109 votes

‹And the younger of them said to› [his] ‹father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth› [to me]. ‹And he divided unto them› [his] ‹living.›

Luke 15:14
109 votes

‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.›

Luke 15:31
106 votes

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

Proverbs 3:12
104 votes

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

Luke 15:29
104 votes

‹And he answering said to› [his] ‹father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:›

Luke 15:26
102 votes

‹And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.›

Luke 15:27
102 votes

‹And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.›

Luke 15:28
102 votes

‹And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.›

Luke 15:30
102 votes

‹But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.›

Proverbs 3:11
100 votes

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Hebrews 12:7
81 votes

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

Hebrews 12:9
66 votes

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?

Hebrews 12:10
66 votes

For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.

3 John 1:4
45 votes

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Malachi 4:6
39 votes

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.

Luke 2:52
38 votes

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Proverbs 23:24
35 votes

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

Luke 2:51
35 votes

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Luke 11:13
35 votes

‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall› [your] ‹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?›

Luke 11:12
32 votes

‹Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?›

Luke 2:49
28 votes

And he said unto them, ‹How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?›

Luke 2:48
26 votes

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Luke 11:11
24 votes

‹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?›

Luke 2:50
22 votes

And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

1 Thessalonians 2:11
20 votes

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

1 Thessalonians 2:12
20 votes

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

2 Samuel 18:33
10 votes

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!