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What does the Bible say about dads and sons?

17 verses about dads and sons, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about dads and sons

Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 9 votes
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 8 votes
Proverbs 3:11 — My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 7 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. 6 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. 6 votes
Luke 15:11 — And he said, A certain man had two sons: 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
2 Samuel 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! 4 votes
Proverbs 17:6 — Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. 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
Hebrews 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 4 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. 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 2:48 — And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 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
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. 2 votes
3 John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 2 votes

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Proverbs (4), Luke (4), Exodus (1), Joshua (1), 2 Samuel (1), Malachi (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1), 3 John (1)

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Bible verses about dads and sons

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