Bible Verses About Dad
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for dad, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,627 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 Dad
Ephesians 6:4243 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Psalms 103:13177 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Colossians 3:21165 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 22:6164 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12120 votes
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Malachi 4:6113 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.
Exodus 20:12108 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 3:11-12105 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 4:1-4102 votes
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Hebrews 12:7-11100 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Proverbs 17:693 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
2 Samuel 7:14-1590 votes
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
Luke 15:20-2483 votes
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.
Proverbs 23:2476 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Deuteronomy 6:6-970 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Matthew 7:9-1166 votes
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Proverbs 3:1262 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Psalms 127:3-548 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:2247 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
2 Corinthians 6:1844 votes
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Joshua 24:1542 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 20:742 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Deuteronomy 1:3136 votes
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.
Hebrews 12:732 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
2 Samuel 7:1430 votes
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
What does the Bible say about dad?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of dad. Across 2,627 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 103:13, Colossians 3:21, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.