91 Bible Verses about Father

Here are 91 Bible verses about father, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Psalm 103:13 KJV

¹³ Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

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1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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Matthew 23:9 KJV

⁹ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

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Ephesians 6:4 KJV

⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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John 10:28-30 KJV

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: ¹² For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹ 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.

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James 1:17 KJV

¹⁷ 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.

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Luke 12:32 KJV

³² Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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Isaiah 9:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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Proverbs 22:6 KJV

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

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Matthew 10:29-31 KJV

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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John 14:23 KJV

²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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John 14:26 KJV

²⁶ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

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Proverbs 23:24 KJV

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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John 14:2 KJV

² 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.

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Proverbs 15:5 KJV

⁵ A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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Philippians 4:20 KJV

²⁰ Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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Matthew 6:6 KJV

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

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Proverbs 23:22 KJV

²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Colossians 3:21 KJV

²¹ Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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John 14:13 KJV

¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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John 14:12 KJV

¹² Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

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John 1:18 KJV

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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Malachi 4:6 KJV

⁶ 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.

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Proverbs 17:6 KJV

⁶ Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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Joshua 24:15 KJV

¹⁵ 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.

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Hebrews 12:7 KJV

⁷ If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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Matthew 26:53 KJV

⁵³ Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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Proverbs 20:7 KJV

⁷ The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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Luke 15:20 KJV

²⁰ 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.

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Proverbs 14:26 KJV

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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Psalm 127:3-5 KJV

³ Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. ⁴ As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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Exodus 20:12 KJV

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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Mark 11:25 KJV

²⁵ And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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Matthew 7:9-11 KJV

⁹ Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ 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?

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Matthew 6:26 KJV

²⁶ 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?

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Matthew 5:48 KJV

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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John 17:24 KJV

²⁴ Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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John 14:21 KJV

²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

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John 14:16 KJV

¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

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1 John 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ 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.

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Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; ³ That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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Romans 1:7 KJV

⁷ To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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John 12:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

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John 10:30 KJV

³⁰ I and my Father are one.

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Luke 6:36 KJV

³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

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Romans 8:32 KJV

³² 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?

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Acts 2:33 KJV

³³ Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

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John 1:12 KJV

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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Mark 14:36 KJV

³⁶ 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.

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Matthew 6:3-4 KJV

³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

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Romans 8:19 KJV

¹⁹ For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

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John 15:26 KJV

²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

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Proverbs 10:1 KJV

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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Proverbs 1:8 KJV

⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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3 John 1:4 KJV

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

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Psalm 2:7 KJV

⁷ I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

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John 6:57 KJV

⁵⁷ As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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Luke 23:46 KJV

⁴⁶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

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Matthew 6:9-10 KJV

⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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Psalm 68:5 KJV

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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2 Corinthians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸ And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Romans 8:15 KJV

¹⁵ 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.

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Isaiah 64:8 KJV

⁸ 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.

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1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV

¹³ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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John 2:24 KJV

²⁴ But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

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John 2:23 KJV

²³ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

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Matthew 6:2 KJV

² Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Proverbs 13:24 KJV

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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2 Samuel 7:14-15 KJV

¹⁴ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: ¹⁵ But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹ 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.

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Revelation 3:5 KJV

⁵ He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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Revelation 3:2 KJV

² Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

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John 20:21-22 KJV

²¹ Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. ²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

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John 14:21-22 KJV

²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

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John 14:3 KJV

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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John 3:1-3 KJV

¹ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: ² The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. ³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Luke 12:2 KJV

² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

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Mark 11:2 KJV

² And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

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Deuteronomy 6:6-7 KJV

⁶ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 KJV

¹¹ As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, ¹² That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

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Matthew 28:19 KJV

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

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Matthew 6:17-18 KJV

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Isaiah 9:2 KJV

² The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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Proverbs 19:18 KJV

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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Proverbs 15:2 KJV

² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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Psalm 103:2 KJV

² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

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Genesis 2:24 KJV

²⁴ Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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