Bible Verses About Being a Dad
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a dad, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,513 votes, led by Ephesians 6:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Dad
Ephesians 6:446 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:636 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Psalms 103:1333 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 127:3-532 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Colossians 3:2130 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 3:11-1228 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 23:2426 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Joshua 1:925 votes
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.
Proverbs 23:2225 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Genesis 2:2424 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
John 3:1623 votes
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.
Exodus 20:1221 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 10:121 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 13:2421 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 17:621 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 19:1821 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 20:721 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Malachi 4:621 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.
1 John 3:121 votes
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.
1 Timothy 5:820 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Joshua 24:1519 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.
Proverbs 3:1119 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 10:919 votes
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Matthew 7:9-1119 votes
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
James 1:1719 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
What does the Bible say about being a dad?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of being a dad. Across 1,513 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 127:3-5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.