Ten Bible Verses Teach You to Be Good Father

By Cindy ZhangJune 1st, 2016

If a mother's love is gentle like water, a father's love that is shown in his action stands firm as a mountain.

Then how to be a good father?The below ten verses teach you how to be a good father:

1. Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

2. Psalm 127:3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.

3. Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

4. 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

5. Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

6. Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

7. Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

8. Colossians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

9. Luke 11:11 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

10. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. 

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