Being A Good Father

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.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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.

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? — read the full passage →

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.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, — read the full passage →

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? — read the full passage →

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.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

If 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?

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. — read the full passage →

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

For 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.

But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: — read the full passage →

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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? — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. — read the full passage →

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.