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What does the Bible say about being a good father?

10 verses about being a good father, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about being a good father

Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 6 votes
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 5 votes
Psalms 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 4 votes
Psalms 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 3 votes
Proverbs 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 3 votes
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 3 votes
1 John 3:1 — 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. 3 votes
Joshua 24:15 — 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. 2 votes
Luke 11:11 — 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? 2 votes
Titus 2:1 — But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 votes