What does the Bible say about dad?

19 verses about dad, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about dad

Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 8 votes
Psalms 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 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
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 5 votes
Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 4 votes
Malachi 4:6 — 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. 4 votes
1 Thessalonians 2:11 — As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 4 votes
2 Samuel 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 3 votes
Proverbs 3:11 — My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 3 votes
Proverbs 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 3 votes
Proverbs 17:6 — Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. 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
Luke 15:20 — 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. 3 votes
Hebrews 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 3 votes
Deuteronomy 6:6 — And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 2 votes
Psalms 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 2 votes
Proverbs 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 2 votes
Proverbs 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 2 votes
Matthew 7:9 — Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 2 votes

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Proverbs (7), Psalms (2), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), Malachi (1), Matthew (1), Luke (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1)

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