Fathers

The word "father" is in the Bible 1,501 times.

I was impressed to focus on Proverbs and the implications of these words about what a father should do: instruct, correct, communicate understanding, command, share wisdom, be the glory of his children, be grieved by foolish children, provide an inheritance, set the ancient landmarks, speak to his children, cause them to hear and listen, greatly rejoice in his children, delight in his children, and be glad about his children.

Proverbs 1:8
[ Shun Evil Counsel ] My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 4:1
[ Security in Wisdom ] Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,And give attention to know understanding;
Proverbs 4:3
When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
Proverbs 6:20
[ Beware of Adultery ] My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 10:1
[ Wise Sayings of Solomon ] The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.
Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:14
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:26
He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
Proverbs 22:28
Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks his father, And scorns obedience to his mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.