Bible Verses About Fathers and Sons
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fathers and sons, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,021 votes, led by John 5:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fathers and Sons
John 5:19278 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.
Proverbs 22:6149 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Malachi 4:5-6103 votes
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
John 3:3577 votes
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Psalms 127:1-575 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Ephesians 6:473 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
John 10:3066 votes
I and my Father are one.
Proverbs 23:2453 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Matthew 3:1753 votes
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Colossians 3:2150 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 24:1-3446 votes
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Romans 8:1444 votes
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Proverbs 3:1239 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Hebrews 1:639 votes
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Proverbs 23:2237 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
John 5:2237 votes
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Galatians 6:735 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Psalms 103:1334 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Galatians 6:833 votes
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Proverbs 2:232 votes
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Exodus 20:1229 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Malachi 4:629 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.
3 John 1:428 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Psalms 127:3-526 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Hebrews 12:725 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
What does the Bible say about fathers and sons?
Readers most often cite John 5:19 on the subject of fathers and sons. Across 2,021 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Malachi 4:5-6, John 3:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.