Bible Verses About Fatherhood
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fatherhood, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,087 votes, led by Psalms 103:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fatherhood
Psalms 103:13296 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Ephesians 6:4269 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 20:7255 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Colossians 3:21184 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 4:1-9175 votes
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Genesis 18:19158 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.
Proverbs 22:6144 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 13:24142 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 3:11-12128 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
3 John 1:4125 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Luke 15:20-24116 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.
Psalms 127:3-5112 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 78:5-8100 votes
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Proverbs 19:1899 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Matthew 23:994 votes
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Proverbs 10:184 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Joshua 24:1583 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.
Matthew 7:9-1181 votes
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Proverbs 14:2671 votes
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 13:2265 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
John 3:1665 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.
Psalms 68:5-663 votes
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Malachi 2:1063 votes
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Proverbs 23:2459 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Malachi 4:658 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.
What does the Bible say about fatherhood?
Readers most often cite Psalms 103:13 on the subject of fatherhood. Across 5,087 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 20:7, Colossians 3:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.