Bible Verses About Dads and Sons
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dads and sons, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,062 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 Dads and Sons
Ephesians 6:4197 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21168 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 3:11-12141 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 22:6139 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Malachi 4:6136 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.
Luke 15:11-32112 votes
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
1 Thessalonians 2:11-1296 votes
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Exodus 20:1293 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Hebrews 12:7-1192 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Proverbs 17:689 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
2 Samuel 18:3387 votes
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Joshua 24:1556 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 23:2456 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Luke 2:48-5244 votes
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Luke 11:11-1340 votes
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke 15:20-2440 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.
3 John 1:433 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
John 5:19-2032 votes
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
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?
Deuteronomy 6:6-928 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
2 Samuel 7:14-1528 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:
Psalms 103:1328 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Genesis 18:1924 votes
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 22:1-1824 votes
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Deuteronomy 6:6-724 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
What does the Bible say about dads and sons?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of dads and sons. Across 2,062 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:21, Proverbs 3:11-12, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.