Scripture passages about fathers, fatherhood, raising children, and God as Father.
10 Scripture Passages · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they do not become discouraged.
Psalm 103:13
as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 3:11–12
11 My son, do not reject the Lord’s discipline or resent His rebuke, 12 because the Lord disciplines those He loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Proverbs 14:26
Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge.
Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him.
Matthew 6:9
Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven! Hallowed be Your name;
Deuteronomy 6:6–7
6 And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart [and in your soul]; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise;
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed are his children after him!
Hebrews 12:7–10
7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have shared, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Moreover, if we were disciplined by our earthly fathers and respected them, should we not much more submit to the Father of spirits and live? 10 They disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness.
