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Top 25 Bible Verses About Being A Father (KJV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Being A Father (KJV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Ephesians 6:4

#1
16 votes
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6

#2
15 votes
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Psalm 127:3-5

#3
14 votes
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 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.

Psalm 103:13

#4
8 votes
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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John 3:16

#6
6 votes
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Proverbs 23:24

#7
6 votes
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Colossians 3:21

#8
5 votes
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Proverbs 14:26

#10
5 votes
26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Malachi 4:6

#11
5 votes
6 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.

Proverbs 23:13-14

#12
5 votes
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Proverbs 3:11-12

#14
5 votes
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

#15
4 votes
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Proverbs 23:22

#16
4 votes
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Joshua 24:15

#18
4 votes
15 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.

Hebrews 12:7

#19
3 votes
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

John 16:13

#20
3 votes
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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1 John 3:1

#22
3 votes
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Proverbs 20:7

#23
3 votes
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Joshua 1:9

#24
3 votes
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Deuteronomy 1:29-31

#26
3 votes
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

Genesis 18:19

#27
3 votes
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 2:24

#28
3 votes
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

#29
2 votes
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Colossians 3:20

#30
2 votes
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Acts 2:38

#31
2 votes
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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