Bible verses about "fatherhood" | BBE

¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

⁵ A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place. ⁶ Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

¹ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

¹¹ My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training: ¹² For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

⁶ If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

²² The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

⁹ Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

¹⁰ Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?

⁹ And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; ⁶ So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children; ⁷ So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws; ⁸ And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

¹⁸ Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

²⁰ And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss. ²¹ And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son. ²² But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet: ²³ And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. ²⁴ For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

²⁴ He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

¹⁹ For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

²¹ Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

¹ Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: ² For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. ³ For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother. ⁴ And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life: ⁵ Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth. ⁶ Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe. ⁷ The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge. ⁸ Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love. ⁹ She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

¹³ As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

⁷ An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

⁴ And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.