Bible Verses About Dads
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dads, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,081 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
Ephesians 6:4251 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6190 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:21171 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Psalms 103:13169 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Malachi 4:6165 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 Thessalonians 2:11-12131 votes
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Joshua 24:15129 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 3:11-12123 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 17:6120 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 20:7118 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
2 Samuel 7:14-15117 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:
Proverbs 4:1-4104 votes
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Deuteronomy 6:6-996 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Hebrews 12:7-1193 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Luke 15:20-2484 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.
Exodus 20:1269 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 23:2464 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
2 Corinthians 6:1859 votes
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Proverbs 23:2254 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Deuteronomy 6:6-745 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Joshua 1:944 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 3:1244 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Luke 15:2041 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.
1 Corinthians 4:1540 votes
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Timothy 5:839 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.
What does the Bible say about dads?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of dads. Across 4,081 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Colossians 3:21, Psalms 103:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.