Top Ten Old Testament Bible Verses for Father's Day & Dad's Birthday

If you have ever wondered what a Divine perspective on fathers and Father's Day would be, the Old Testament is full of Bible verses about fathers and children that are well worth reading, no matter your religious background. These scripture references are full of wisdom and common sense about fathers and their relationship to their children.

Top 10 Old Testament Bible Verses For Father's Day & Dad's Birthday

- Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. ~ Exodus 20:12

- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6

- 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. ~ Proverbs 3: 11-12

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

- Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,and the glory of children is their fathers. ~ Proverbs 17:6

- The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. ~ Proverbs 23:24

- Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, (9) for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. ~ Proverbs 1:8-9

- God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old. ~ Psalm 44:1

- The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them. ~ Proverbs 20:7

- And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. ~ Malachi 4:6

Feel free to share the link to this article with your father or include one of these Bible verses in your Father's Day card or you dad's birthday card. Find more quotes and Bible verses for fathers at:
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