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Want to know what the Bible says about Fathers? Here are 128 Bible verses about Fathers from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 8:15 NIV
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
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Deuteronomy 8:5 NIV
Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
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Ephesians 6:2 NIV
“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—
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John 1:1 NIV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Ephesians 4:6 NIV
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
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Psalm 68:5-6 NIV
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in families,
    he leads out the prisoners with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
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Mark 7:10 NIV
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
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Revelation 1:1 NIV
The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
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Psalm 103:17 NIV
But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children
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Leviticus 19:3 NIV
“‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
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