Bible verses about "fathers" | Thomson

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long in that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

¹⁵ But if it seemeth not good to you to serve the Lord, chuse for yourselves this day whom you will serve, either the gods of your fathers which were in beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord; for he is holy.

⁶ And these injunctions, which I this day give thee in charge, shall be in thy heart, and in thy soul; ⁷ and thou shalt impress them on thy children, and speak of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou art walking abroad, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; ⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes. ⁹ You shall also write them on the posts of your houses and gates.

⁹ Behold I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest.

⁵ Let them be awed at the presence of him, who is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of them who are widows. God is in a place consecrated to him:

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord a man hath hope of strength; and to his children he leaveth a support.

²² Hearken, my son, to the father who begot thee: and despise not thy mother because she is old.

⁷ He who conducteth himself spotless in justice shall leave behind him his children happy.

⁹ and should call no one on earth your father, for one is your father, namely, he who is in heaven.

⁷ If you endure correction God dealeth with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father doth not correct?

¹¹ My son, slight not the correction of the Lord; nor faint when reproved by him: ¹² for whom the Lord loveth he reproveth: and chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

³ Behold sons are an heritage of the Lord; a reward of the fruit of the womb. ⁴ Like shafts in the hands of a mighty man, so are the sons of them who were shaken off. ⁵ Happy he who shall satisfy his desire with these. They shall not be put to shame, when they speak to their enemies in the gates.

²⁴ A righteous father nourisheth thee well; and his soul rejoiceth in a wise son.

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⁶ who will turn the heart of father to son and the heart of one man to another that I may not come and smite the land with utter destruction.

²¹ Fathers, exasperate not your children, lest they be discouraged

¹³ As a father pitieth his children; the Lord hath pitied them who fear him,

⁴ And you, parents, exasperate not your children, but educate them with the discipline and admonition of the Lord.