Bible verses about "fatherhood" | NSB

¹⁵ »‘If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve Jehovah.’«

⁵ In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows. ⁶ God sets the lonely in families. He frees the prisoners who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

¹ A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.

¹¹ My son, do not despise Jehovah’s discipline or be weary of his correction. ¹² For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.

⁹ »Call no man your father on the earth, for only one is your Father in heaven.

⁹ »Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he asks him for bread? ¹⁰ »Who will give him a serpent when he asks for a fish? ¹¹ »Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

¹⁰ »Do we all have one father? Did one God create us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers?

⁵ He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. This he commanded our fathers that they should teach them to their children, ⁶ That the generation to come might know, the children to be born, that they may arise and tell to their children, ⁷ That they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments. ⁸ They should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

¹⁸ Correct your son while there is hope. Do not contribute to his death.

²⁰ »He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him. ²¹ »Father, the son said: ‘I have sinned against God and against you. I am not fit to be called your son.’ ²² »The father called his servants. He said: ‘Hurry and bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet. ²³ »‘Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast! ²⁴ »‘My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he has been found. The feasting began.’

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

²⁴ He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.

¹⁹ »I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.«

²¹ Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.

¹ Listen my sons to what your father teaches you. Pay attention and gain understanding. ² I give you good instruction. Do not abandon my Law! ³ I was my father’s son, tender and the only son to my mother. ⁴ Father taught me. He said: »Remember my words in your heart. Obey my commandments and live. ⁵ »Achieve wisdom and understanding! Do not forget or ignore what I say. ⁶ »Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will keep you safe. ⁷ »Wisdom is the most important thing. So gain wisdom! And by all means arrive at understanding. ⁸ »Love wisdom and she will exalt you. Embrace wisdom and she will honor you. ⁹ »She will present you with a crown of glory.«

¹³ Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children.

⁷ The righteous man walks in his integrity. He blesses his children.

⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.