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Bible Verses About Being a Good Father
Find Bible verses about being a good father — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about being a good father?
The Bible addresses being a good father with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Matthew 23:9
“Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.”
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Philippians 1:6
“being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
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1 Timothy 6:12
“Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.”
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James 1:17
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.”
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Isaiah 5:20
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
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Matthew 7:11
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”
Matthew 5:45
“that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.”
John 10:38
“But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."”
Matthew 12:35
“The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.”
Genesis 2:9
“Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...”
3 John 1:11
“Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.”
John 20:17
“Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"”
John 8:19
“They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."”
Luke 18:19
“Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.”
Matthew 7:17
“Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.”
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Mark 10:18 — “Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one--God....”
Galatians 4:18 — “But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you....”
Ecclesiastes 5:18 — “Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy go...”
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