Idea Starter: Great Bible Verses for Honoring Dads on Father’s Day
Regardless of what Father’s Day craft you use to honor fathers, you’ll need God’s word as part of it. Herein are probably the ten most quoted verses about fathers that students can color on bookmarks, paint on coffee mugs, or put on anything from bird houses to mens’ jewelry boxes. Create a touching Father’s Day craft gift for your dad this year!
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Bible Verses for Honoring Dad
The verses are in the order that they appear in the Bible. Following are four quotes about fathers, three by religious fathers and one by Ann Frank. Any of these should help children see their dads as very important in God’s eyes and worthy of respect and praise!
Genesis 18:19
“For I have chosen him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
Psalm 103:13
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, Or loathe His reproof, For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father, the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father, who gave you life, 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 son will be glad in him.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Malachi 4:6
“And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.”
Ephesians 6:4
And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, that they may not lose heart.
Hebrews 12:7
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Quotes about Fathers by Famous Christians
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
— Billy Graham, Christian Evangelist
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
— Theodore Hesburgh, Catholic Priest and President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame
“How true Daddy’s words were when he said: ‘All children must look after their own upbringing.’ Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
— Anne Frank, German Jew and Holocaust Victim
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
— William Shakespeare
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