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Fathers
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And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. — Ephesians 6:4 | |
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| Category | Relationships |
| Passages | 15 (23 verses) |
| Old Testament | 7 passages |
| New Testament | 8 passages |
| Books cited | Genesis, Joshua, Psalms, Proverbs, Matthew, Luke, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews |
| Also called | father, dad, fatherhood |
Fathers are addressed directly in several passages of the Bible. This page lists verses with instructions to fathers, a father's teaching and discipline, examples of fathers, and God as Father.
Instructions to fathers
- Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Colossians 3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
- Genesis 18:19For 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.
A father's instruction
- Proverbs 4:1-41Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11-1211As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
A father's discipline
- Proverbs 3:11-1211My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Hebrews 12:7-107If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
A father's compassion
- Psalm 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- Luke 15:20And 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.
A father and his household
- Joshua 24:15And 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.
God as Father
- Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
- Matthew 7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Notes
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