Bible Verses about “being a good father”
The Bible contains 27 verses about being a good father across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”
“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
“¶ 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.”
“Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
“¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”
“¶ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”
“Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.”
“¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”
“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
“Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”
“[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;”
“¶ These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.”
“‹Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?›”
“‹If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if› [he ask] ‹a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?›”