Bible verses about "fatherhood" | MNT

⁹ "and call no one 'Father' on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.

⁹ "What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ "or if his son asks for a fish, will offer him a snake? ¹¹ "If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

²⁰ "So he arose and went to his father; but while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. ²¹ "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called your son.' ²² "'Fetch the best robe, quick,' said the father to his slaves, 'and put it on him, and give him a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet. ²³ "'Bring that fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry, ²⁴ "'for this son of mine was dead and is alive again—he was lost and is found.'

⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are passing their lives in the truth.

²¹ Fathers, do not harass your children, lest you make them spiritless.

⁴ And you fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up in the nature and admonition of the Lord.