Bible Verses about “being a good father”
The Bible contains 27 verses about being a good father across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”
“As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.”
“Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.”
“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.”
“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”
“that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,”
“and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;”
“in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,”
“instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;”
“If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."”
“Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.”
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,”
“Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.”
“that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:”
“and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.”
“But say the things which fit sound doctrine,”
“Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;”
“looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;”
“who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.”
“not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.”
“Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;”
“Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.”
“The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.”
“Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?”
“"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?”