Bible Verses About Fathers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fathers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,491 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
Psalms 103:13445 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Ephesians 6:4416 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 3:11-12315 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Colossians 3:21306 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 22:6297 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:24269 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Malachi 4:6258 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.
Psalms 127:3-5238 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:22216 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Joshua 24:15209 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 14:26208 votes
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 20:7204 votes
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Exodus 20:12202 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Hebrews 12:7180 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Joshua 1:9176 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.
Matthew 7:9-11160 votes
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew 23:9156 votes
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Deuteronomy 1:29-31150 votes
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
3 John 1:4147 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Luke 15:20146 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.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9135 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
1 Corinthians 16:13133 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
John 3:16130 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 68:5122 votes
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Genesis 18:19117 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.
What does the Bible say about fathers?
Readers most often cite Psalms 103:13 on the subject of fathers. Across 11,491 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 3:11-12, Colossians 3:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.