Bible Verses about “fathers day”

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

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

“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”

“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”

“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”

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

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

“¶ 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.”

“‹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.›”

“Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”

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

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

“¶ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”

“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.”

“¶ In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.”

“¶ The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.”

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