Top 25 Bible Verses About Being a Good Father (KJV)

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

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.

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.

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.

13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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.

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.

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

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.

9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

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

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.