Bible Verses About Fathers Day
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fathers day, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 78,854 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 Fathers Day
Psalms 103:132,510 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 127:3-51,969 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 22:61,969 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:41,865 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 23:241,814 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Joshua 24:151,694 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 20:71,670 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 3:11-121,616 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Colossians 3:211,605 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 14:261,518 votes
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Luke 15:201,452 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 16:131,394 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Malachi 4:61,322 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 20:121,294 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 17:61,156 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Deuteronomy 6:6-91,154 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
3 John 1:41,152 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Hebrews 12:71,138 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Genesis 18:191,132 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.
Joshua 1:91,128 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.
Ephesians 6:1-41,124 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Matthew 23:91,021 votes
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Proverbs 23:22996 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Deuteronomy 1:29-31961 votes
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12889 votes
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
What does the Bible say about fathers day?
Readers most often cite Psalms 103:13 on the subject of fathers day. Across 78,854 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 127:3-5, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.